For Immediate Release
April 29, 2011		 Contact: Lisa Gough
(202) 393-0090, ext. 109

Media Advisory
VVMF TO BEGIN SOIL TESTING ON EDUCATION CENTER SITE
Engineers, Construction Manager Will Be Onsite at 1 p.m. Today

Washington, D.C. – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund will begin geotechnical and soil testing on the future site of the Education Center at The Wall this afternoon at 1 p.m.  This is a first step in planning for the construction of the underground learning facility. 
 

Who:
 

 

 

 

 

 The testing will be performed by Schanbel Engineering, West Chester, Pa.

Mike Baruccheri of Tishman Construction Corporation of Washington, D.C., will explain the process. Tishman is the construction manager for the Education Center project.

VVMF President Jan C. Scruggs and members of the VVMF board of directors will be on hand to be briefed about the testing process and the placement of geothermal wells. 
When:     Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m.

Where:

 
On the future site of the Education Center at The Wall on the National Mall. The parcel of land is near the Lincoln Memorial, bordered by Henry Bacon Drive, 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue.

Why:

 

 Soil testing is one of the first steps in the construction process for the Education Center at The Wall. VVMF hopes to break ground in 2012.

What:

 

 

 The Education Center at The Wall is a learning facility that will be built on the National Mall near the Lincoln and Vietnam Veterans Memorials. It was conceived as a way to put faces to the names on The Wall and tell their stories. More than $30 million has been raised to build the Center so far, including the lead gift from Time Warner.

Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War.  Authorized by Congress, its most recent initiative is building the Education Center at The Wall, an underground facility near the Memorial that is designed to help visitors discover the stories of those named on The Wall and tell their stories. Other Memorial Fund initiatives include educational programs for students and teachers, a traveling Wall replica that honors our nation's veterans and six ceremonies a year at the Memorial to help Americans honor and remember those we lost in the Vietnam War.
 

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