WWII Hangar Restoration

After a decade of sitting in ruins, a historic World War II hangar at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport was restored for the National Guard to use as a training facility. The $1.6 million restoration comes 10 years after Hurricane Katrina left the building in shambles. The hangar is a designated Mississippi landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. As general contractor for the project, Wharton-Smith removed the existing roofing down to the structure and installed a new seam metal roof. Crews also provided a new metal deck, miscellaneous steel repairs, installed new plywood onto hangar doors, covered the existing windows and removed exterior finishes.