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FEDERAL
C17 Fuel Cell Nose Dock
ROLE: | Architect |
CLIENT: | U.S Army Engineering District |
AWARDS: |
Build Hawai`i Award of Merit (Design/Build/Assist $1M – $25M), General Contractors Association of Hawai`i Grand Award Winner (Governmental over $1M), Associated Builders & Construction, Inc. Public Works Division Category ($10,000,001 – $100,000,000), Renaissance Building and Remodeling Awards |
This design/build project involved constructing a new 30,677 SF facility to support the bed down of the C-17 mission at Hickam AFB. The facility provides aircraft hangar and nose dock areas, an aircraft fuel system maintenance shop, and administrative offices.
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As the Architect, RIM provided building design reminiscent of the historical airfield architectural style from the 1930’s to the 1940’s, utilizing art deco elements. The design is a steel super structure with CMU walls and EIFS finish on the lower half of the structure, and metal siding supported by structural steel on the upper half of the structure. A sloped standing seam metal roofing assembly was incorporated for the roof of the structure. The hangar contains a concrete floor with special epoxy floor finish.