Lackland to gain 74,000 sf training complex - Charlotte Business Journal:

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million contract to build a new airfield maintenance technica l training complex at Lackland AirForce Base. The complex will support the Inter-America Air Forces Academy at Lackland. The government will build a 74,0000 square foot complex at Lacklandf that willhouse classrooms, aircraft operations and hangar maintenance trainingb areas as well as administrative space. The projectg is slated for completion in the fallof 2010. The Inter-Americanm Air Forces Academy currentlg offers this training at PortSan Antonio, the formeer Kelly Air Force Base.
By relocating technicak training from Port San Antoniioto Lackland, Port San Antonio officials hope to reusd that space for additional commercial development opportunities. The military is developinh this complex as part of the 2005 San Antonio Base Realignmentf andClosure (BRAC) constructiom program. In all, the government expects to spend morethan $2 billion on BRAC-related construction. The Air Forcew Center for Engineering and the Environment selectedrPlymouth Meeting, Pa.-based AMEC Earth & Environmentao Inc. as the contractor. Construction will be coordinated out ofthe company’d San Antonio office. The Fort Worth District office ofthe U.S.
Army Corpd of Engineers will provideconstructiohn management.