With the reactivation of Hurlburt, housing was at a premium, and Lieuteant Colonel Robert S. Kramer, Assistant Army District Engineer at Mobile, Alabama, announced on April 5, 1956, that a contract had been awarded in the amount of $3,315,143.34 to the McDonough Construction Company of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, for the construction of 151 buildings of concrete block with brick facing. Residences will be single and duplex quarters with 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms. Construction began on the first 48 buildings (72 units) in mid-April, with initial completion expected by February 1957.