Davisville, RI – A. Autiello Construction Co. Inc. of Cranston has begun construction of a new $1.9 million NOAA facility at Davisville. The 8,700sf building at Quonset Point will be home port of
the new research ship “Okeanos Explorer.” This is the fifth project for Autiello in the Quonset Business Park.
The building designed by Saccoccio & Associates Architects includes offices, conference room,
storage for sensitive equipment, warehouse and a technical workshop where robiotic submarines are maintained and altered for various underwater use. The Okeanos will dock at piers that were
once part of the Quonset Naval Air Station and the original home of the Naval Construction Seabees.
The Quonset Development Corporation, who is also planning pier improvements, will lease the facility to NOAA. The new high tech building will be staffed by scientists who will collaborate
information and data collected by the Okeanos from any where on the planet.
