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| | BVA | The Pentagon's New View |
 | | On September 15, with smoke still thick and the search and rescue operations continuing inside the Pentagon, the Department of Defense announced a contract with Hensel Phelps Construction Company of Chantilly, Virginia, to rebuild and renovate the damaged portions of the complex. |
 | | By mid-October, working around some 20,000 Pentagon employees, work had begun to remove approximately 350 million pounds of debris, demolish sections down to concrete columns and floor slabs, and rebuild space equal to more than two Empire State Buildings. |
 | | On December 18, a new Pentagon Transit Center opened and bus service returned to the Pentagon following relocation to the nearby Fashion Center at Pentagon City Mall for some 14 weeks. |
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