FEMA opens $22 million responder training complex in Anniston
FEMA has opened a 43,262-square-foot training and in-processing complex at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama.
At a glance
- Project value
- US$22 million
- Facility area
- 43,262 square feet
- Delivery method
- Design-build adaptive reuse
- Photograph capture date
- 2026-09-21
Anniston, Alabama — FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers marked completion of a $22 million Advanced Responder Training Complex at the Center for Domestic Preparedness on September 21.
The design-build project adaptively reused Building 640, the former Fort McClellan in-processing center, rather than replacing it. USACE’s Mobile District stripped the long-dormant structure to its foundational framing and rebuilt it as 43,262 square feet of modern training and support space. Infilled exterior courtyards added conditioned floor area.
The complex combines modular tactical-simulation classrooms, a central in-processing center, instructor offices and modernized mechanical, electrical and HVAC systems. FEMA operates the Center for Domestic Preparedness as an all-hazards training campus for state, local, tribal and territorial emergency personnel. The new building is also intended to consolidate intake and administrative functions for thousands of trainees traveling to Anniston.
Col. Kelcey Shaw, commander of USACE’s Mobile District, described the work as delivery of operational capability rather than simply a building. Josh Brewer, the project manager, credited the joint delivery team and DHS partnership. The facility is complete; the official account announced no additional construction milestone or open procurement.
Featured photo: Chuck Walker/U.S. Army. Photo record and capture-date evidence.
Primary source: USACE Mobile District project account.
What happens next
The complex is complete and open; the source announced no additional construction milestone.
Source for this milestone →Why it matters for the industry
The adaptive-reuse project adds federally funded emergency-response training capacity, but the completed facility is not an open procurement.
Supporting source →Explore the project and participants
Canonical project record for the development covered in this article.
Sources & reporting
- Primary project source · 2026-09-21
- DVIDS photograph record · 2026-09-21
Sources checked 2026-11-12.