Lackland to gain 74,000 sf training complex - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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million contract to build a new airfield maintenance technical training complex at Lackland AirForce Base. The complecx will support the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Lackland. The governmenr will build a 74,000 square foot complex at Lackland that will house aircraft operations and hangar maintenance training areas as well as administrative space. The project is slated for completion in the fallof 2010. The Inter-Americabn Air Forces Academy currently offers this training at PortSan Antonio, the formedr Kelly Air Force Base.
By relocating technicall training from Port San Antonio to Port San Antonio officials hope to reuse that spaces for additional commercialdevelopment opportunities. The militaryy is developing this complex as part of the 2005 San Antonilo Base Realignment andClosure (BRAC) construction In all, the government expectse to spend more than $2 billion on BRAC-relatex construction. The Air Force Centerf for Engineering and the Environment selectedPlymouth Pa.-based AMEC Earth & Environmenta Inc. as the contractor. Construction will be coordinated out ofthe company’ss San Antonio office. The Fort Worthj District office ofthe U.S.
Army Corpsz of Engineers will provideconstruction management.