MFS Construction (MFS) is providing Design/Build services for the National Park Services agency inside the San Juan National Historic Site (SAJU). In 2017 category 4 and 5 hurricane force winds, storm surge and the resulting displacement of inanimate objects from Hurricane Maria led to substantial damage to SAJU. MFS was contracted by National Park Services (NPS) to provide services for the repair of streetlights and multiple structures to a condition consistent with their previous state while hardening them to better withstand similar storm events in the future.
The military fortifications at San Juan established Puerto Rico as the "front door" to the Spanish colonies in the New World, making Puerto Rico a very important part of Spain’s rise in global power in the 16th Century. As a result, Spain spent over 250 years fortifying San Juan and vigorously protected Puerto Rico under its control for nearly 400 years. In 2017, hurricane force winds, storm surge, and the resulting displacement of inanimate objects from Hurricane Maria led to substantial damage to SAJU. The objective of this project is to repair streetlights and multiple structures to a condition consistent with their previous state while hardening them to better withstand similar storm events in the future.