MILCON P-822, MCAS Operations Complex, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH)

MILCON P-822, MCAS Operations Complex, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH)

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MILCON P-822, MCAS Operations Complex

ROLE: Architect
CLIENT: NAVFAC Pacific 
AWARDS:

2015 (Merit Award) in the Design-Build/Design-Assist Construction Category – GCA Build Hawaii

2015 Design-Build Project/Team Awards in Category Aviation – National Design – Build Institute of America (DBIA)

SUSTAINABILITY: LEED Silver (pending) & LEED Gold (pending)

This Design-Build MCAS operations Complex consists of two buildings—an Aircraft Fire and Rescue Station (AFRS) and a Terminal and Operations Building. It also includes a central plant, an airfield, and parking. The terminal building includes a main terminal with passenger check-in, customer service, security, agriculture room, departure and VIP lounge, baggage claim, exhibitory display, snack bar with full kitchen, baggage handling, related offices, and typical scanning and other equipment used for airport terminals. It houses a cargo area with special equipment for moving and stacking pallets with rooms to support the cargo activities including a locker room and office, supply storage and mail room. The ground floor also houses an operations center with offices and a conference room. The second floor provides conference rooms, offices for various functions such as forecast, flight planning, and maps, break rooms, lockers rooms, planning rooms, and bunk rooms.

The AFRS building is a dedicated fire and rescue station for aircraft. It consists of an apparatus bay for its trucks, office space, work equipment area, conference and training room, as well as dormitories, recreation area, full kitchen, fitness area, and a dispatch office tower (similar to a control tower) which has the capabilities to double as a control tower.

The complex includes 2,884 energy efficient photovoltaic panels capable of producing enough energy to zero out what it consumes. The terminal is LEED Silver certified (pending) while the ARFS building will be LEED Gold certified.

C17 Fuel Cell Nose Dock

C17 Fuel Cell Nose Dock

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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. 

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. 

Battle Command Training Center

Battle Command Training Center

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Battle Command Training Center

ROLE:  Architect JV with KPB
CLIENT:  U.S Army Engineer District, AK
AWARDS: Chief of Engineers Award of Excellence, US Army Corps of Engineers

This project involved the construction of a steel framed, 2-story facility used to train platoon-to-brigade-level soldiers in complex simulated combat situations. The building is a series of state-of-the-art classrooms, all wired with the latest in computer simulation technology. The first floor houses the Tactical Operations Center, a simulated command battle center, as well as the Engagement Skills Trainer area. This space contains a dedicated simulation system with a capacity to house up to 300 soldiers per exercise.

This project received the 2006 Chief of Engineers Award of Excellence from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Created in 1965, the Chief of Engineers Design and Environmental Awards Program recognizes and promotes excellence in design and environmental achievements by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Choosing from projects worldwide, only one award of excellence in structural design is awarded every two years.