Chester Weber

So much progress

When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers faced a seemingly impossible challenge last winter — design and build a removable, 10,000-square-foot equine facility on a site adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery in less than a year — the solution came not from conventional construction practices but from innovative collaboration with industry partners.

The result: interim stables for the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Detachment, whose horse teams serve as the mounted es**rt to the nation’s fallen, at a facility built in ten months from concept to completion, demonstrating how creative procurement and engineering solutions can accelerate project delivery while controlling costs.

“Everything you see around us today has occurred in the last 10 months,” said Paul White, a USACE Baltimore District design manager who served as the project’s manager. The effort moved from executive-level approval in December 2024 to operational readiness by December 2025, even when presented with multiple constraints that would challenge traditional construction approaches.

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