Construction of the $25 million Armed Forces Reserve Center in Tyler is about 30 percent complete, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman said.

“The project is on schedule,” Ken Beyer said. “The foundation work is complete and they are currently casting and placing tilt-up panels. Work on the detention pond was nearing completion, but the recent heavy rains have caused some delays with that.”

Nine inches of rain were recorded in Tyler over the past month.

The Armed Forces Reserve Center on State Highway 31 near Spur 364 is a Military Construction Program, or MILCON, project. The program is divided into five appropriations: Military Construction Army, Military Construction Army Reserve, Military Construction Army National Guard, Army Family Housing Construction, and Base Realignment and Closure Act.

The Korte Company of St. Louis is the contractor. It was awarded a $21 million contract in July 2009 to build the center in Tyler. According to Korte’s Web site, the property will include a 65,286-square-foot, two-story office building, a three-bay, 13,199-squarefoot vehicle-maintenance shop and a 1,500-squarefoot pre-engineered metal storage building.

The project is expected to be complete by March 2011.

MILCON was appropriated $10.8 billion for fiscal year 2009-2010, to “add, replace, or upgrade 186 mission, operational readiness,

and training support facilities,” according to a Corps of Engineers Web site.

More than 300 people are expected to use the site during the largest drill weekend. About 800 Army Reserve and Army National Guard personnel will use the facility.