Lackland to gain 74,000 sf training complex - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

igoeosysata1533.blogspot.com
million contract to build a new airfield maintenance technicall training complex at Lackland AirForce Base. The complex will support the Inter-American Air Forces Academ at Lackland. The government will build a 74,000 square foot complex at Lacklansd that will house aircraft operations and hangar maintenance training areas as well asadministratived space. The project is slatedr for completion in the fallof 2010. The Inter-Americaj Air Forces Academy currently offers this training at Port San the former Kelly Air Force Base.
By relocating technical training from Port San Antonilto Lackland, Port San Antonio officialzs hope to reuse that space for additional commercialo development opportunities. The military is developingv this complex as part of the 2005 San Antoni o Base Realignment andClosurre (BRAC) construction program. In all, the government expects to spend morethan $2 billionm on BRAC-related construction. The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environmentt selectedPlymouth Meeting, Pa.-based AMEC Earth & Environmentalo Inc. as the contractor. Constructionb will be coordinated out ofthe company’s San Antoniio office. The Fort Worth Districtr office ofthe U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers will provideconstruction management.