Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has landed contracts that together total $50.2 million at two military compounds in Western Washington.

In one job, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Garco a $20.7 million contract to build three structures with a combined 115,300 square feet of floor space at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Vancouver, says Garco spokeswoman Kathy Webley. She says one of the buildings is to be the reserve center's 79,000-square-foot main building and will have administrative and training space. Another structure is to be a 27,600-square-foot bulk-storage building and the third will have 9,600 square feet of floor space and will house a vehicle-maintenance shop.

The reserve center project, which was designed by Bernardo Wills Architects PC, of Spokane, is expected to be completed in mid-2011, Webley says.

In the other job, the Army Corps awarded Garco a $29.5 million contract to erect eight structures with a total of about 250,000 square feet of space at the Chemical Battalion complex, in Fort Lewis, Wash., says Steve LaRue, a project manager for Garco.

The complex will include a headquarters building with classrooms, an administration facility, a controlled-humidity warehouse, covered parking, a small vehicle-maintenance shop, and a storage structure, LaRue says.

A U.S. Army Web site says the project, which is scheduled to be completed in March 2011, will include anti-terrorism features such as laminated glass, reinforced window and door framing, traffic barriers, and an intrusion-detection system.

The Chemical Battalion's mission is to detect chemical, radiological, and biological agents in the field and decontaminate personnel and equipment, the Army says.

Webley says the Chemical Battalion project was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Seattle district.