CBP Office of Administration
Facilities Management and Engineering
Briefing to Northern Virginia Society of
American Military Engineers
Karl Calvo, Executive Director
January 5, 2012
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) Mission
CBP accomplishes its mission through a comprehensive enforcement
strategy that is dependent on:
• Layers of sophisticated targeting and communication systems
• State-of-the-art detection technology
• A cadre of professional law enforcement personnel
CBP’s Mission
“We are the guardians of our nation’s borders.
We are America’s frontline.
We safeguard the American homeland
at and beyond our borders.
We protect the American public against terrorists
and the instruments of terror.
We steadfastly enforce the laws of the United
States
while fostering our nation’s economic security
through lawful international trade and travel.
We serve the American public with
vigilance, integrity, and professionalism.”
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CBP Fact Sheet
On an average day in FY2010, CBP...
• Processed:
• 965,167 passengers and pedestrians
• 47,293 truck, rail, and sea containers
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Deployed:
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• Executed:
• 1,903 apprehensions for illegal entry
• 75 criminal arrests
25,129 vehicles
291 aircraft
260 watercraft
300 horse patrols
1,500 canine enforcement teams
• Seized:
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• 11,435 pounds of narcotics
• 539 submissions to U.S. Department of
Agriculture for presence of pests
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Protected More Than:
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5,000 miles of border with Canada
1,900 miles of border with Mexico
95,000 miles of shoreline
Managed:
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329 Ports of Entry
139 Border Patrol stations
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FM&E Organization
Executive Director
Karl Calvo
Budget Office
Executive Office
Deputy Director
Enterprise
Management Office
Field
Operations
Facilities
Border Patrol
Facilities &
Tactical
Infrastructure
Air & Marine
Facilities
Program Planning
& Policy
Mission
Support
Facilities
Organizational
Resources & Support
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FM&E Overview
FM&E serves as CBP’s program manager for real property, engineering,
acquisition, and environmental management for over 4,500 buildings,
structures, and land parcels nation-wide.
• FM&E has a total staff of approximately 400 federal and contractor employees, and operates from
CBP Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and three regional offices in Dallas, Texas; Indianapolis,
Indiana; and Laguna Niguel, California
• With over 350 active projects, FM&E depends on small businesses and their specialized skills to
accomplish its engineering, environmental, construction, maintenance, and other facility-related
requirements
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What We Do:
CORE FUNCTIONS
Planning
Project Management
Facilities & Infrastructure
Management
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Program
Capital
Project
Environmental
Energy Management
 Construction and
Alterations
 Real Estate Acquisition
 Lease Acquisition
 Lease Administration
 Maintenance
 Repairs
 Building Operations
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CBP Facilities
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CBP's Real Property Portfolio
Ownership Types
#Bldgs
Owned
1,934
GSA Federal Lease
475
GSA Commercial Lease
321
Direct Lease
1,117
Free Space
620
IAA
91
Total
4,558
Also: 650 miles of pedestrian and
vehicle fence on the southwest
border, plus roads, and lighting
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What makes CBP facilities so
complex?
 Remote and extreme environments
– Facility operations are in hard to build areas with no existing
infrastructure
– Environments are hard on the structures over time
 Land-locked ports, difficult to expand
 No downtime - must recapitalize and operate facilities at the same
time
 Required integration with domestic and bi-national transportation
infrastructures
 Integration with technology programs
 Special-purpose uses require many types of unique design standards
– Law enforcement: inspection and detention
– Tactical Infrastructure: border fences, roads, and utilities
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Field Operations Facilities (FOF)
Our Nation’s “ports” serve as the frontline in defending the American public against terrorists and
instruments of terror while facilitating the lawful movement of goods and people across the
border. The portfolio consists of:
167 Land Ports of Entry (LPOE)
 Two-thirds of the LPOE portfolio is owned or leased by the U.S.
General Services Administration (GSA); CBP owns or leases the
remaining
 Congress appropriates funds for modernizing the land ports through
GSA’s Federal Buildings Fund or special appropriations like the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
261 Air Ports of Entry
 Air ports provide free space to CBP so that CBP Officers can conduct
inspections; at most, CBP must outfit the space with technology and
security equipment
203 Sea Ports of Entry
 Sea ports provide free space to CBP so that CBP Officers can conduct
inspections; CBP must outfit the space with technology and security
equipment
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Air and Marine Facilities (AMF)
 AMF provides facilities solutions to support CBP’s Air & Marine operational mission
requirements.
 Facilities requirements include major construction, alterations, lease acquisition, maintenance,
repairs, and operations projects to support a mix of air hangars, boat slips, training facilities,
and administrative space.
 World’s largest civilian aviation and maritime law enforcement organization:
• 24 Branches
• 14 Air Units
• 30 Marine Units
• 8 National Facility Centers
• 4 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Operations Centers
• Leading edge deployment of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the national
airspace
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Border Patrol Facilities & Tactical
Infrastructure (BPFTI)
 BPFTI provides the Border Patrol with material solutions and maintenance for facilities and
tactical infrastructure that will support the organization in performing its primary homeland
security mission.
 Portfolio
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144 Border Patrol Stations (BPSs)
20 Sector Headquarters
58 Checkpoints
17 Forward Operating Bases (FOBs)
 Tactical Infrastructure (TI) Program
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The TI Program is the largest construction program within DHS
As of December 2011, CBP has constructed over 650 miles of pedestrian and vehicle fence
along the Southwest border
Additional TI projects: Fencing and gates, roads and bridges, drainage structures and grates,
lighting and electrical systems, and vegetation and debris removal
Tunnel remediation: Those activities required to physically secure cross-border tunnels. Facing
increased security at and between ports of entry, smugglers have increasingly used underground
tunnels to transport drugs, weapons, people, and other contraband items
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Mission Support Facilities (MSF) and
Enterprise Management Office (EMO)
EMO
MSF
 Over 300 facilities for 12 internal CBP
Business Partners
 Human resources, information
technology, public affairs
 Operations & intelligence
coordination centers, training,
and laboratories
 International trade, foreign
attachés
 Advanced Training Center,
Harpers Ferry, WV
 Rent Program: Over 11 million
square feet
of leased space – almost $500M in
rent costs
 Over 600 antenna locations
 Over 280 housing units
EMO is a cross-FM&E office that provides
support, standardization, and guidance for:
 Conservation and Energy Initiatives
 Environmental Planning & Compliance/NEPA
 Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures
 Facility Condition Assessments
 Real Property Systems and Tools
Harpers Ferry, WV Advanced
Training Center
Global Border College
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FM&E Budget
FM&E Programs
FY09 ($M)
Enacted*
FY10 ($M)
Enacted
FY11 ($M)
Enacted
FY12 ($M)
Enacted**
Construction and
Facilities
Management
$403
$320
$259
$237
Rent
$371
$402
$451
$484
TOTAL
$774
$719
$710
$721
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FM&E Major Initiatives
FM&E future work initiatives include:
Conservation and Energy Initiatives
• Ensuring that CBP facilities operate in compliance with applicable environmental and energy laws
and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies
Environmental Planning
• NEPA support for facility and infrastructure projects on the northern and southern borders
Environmental Compliance
• Establishing an accurate and reliable environmental compliance information baseline
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure
• Ensuring facilities are in compliance with SPCC regulations
Residential Housing Program
• Constructing new and replacing existing residential housing units to accommodate the deployment
of hundreds of new agents and officers to remote locations and performing proactive maintenance
of the existing housing portfolio.
Tactical Infrastructure (TI) Program
• Completing construction of pedestrian and vehicle fence, roads, and lights along the Southwest
border and implementing a comprehensive maintenance and repair program. Additional TI projects
include: fence and gates, roads and bridges, drainage structures and grates, lighting and electrical
systems, and vegetation and debris removal
Tunnel Remediation
• Physically securing cross-border tunnels, including initial analyses, environmental studies,
plugging, obtaining rights of entry, engineering/surveying, filling, inspection/acceptance, and
reporting of associated status
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Questions?
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