Lackland to gain 74,000 sf training complex - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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million contract to build a new airfielrd maintenance technical training complex at Lacklanrd AirForce Base. The complex will supporf the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Lackland. The government will builed a 74,000 square foot complez at Lackland that willhouse classrooms, aircraft operations and hangar maintenance trainin g areas as well as administrative space. The projecy is slated for completion in the fallof 2010. The Inter-Americamn Air Forces Academy currently offers this training at Port San the former Kelly AirForcre Base.
By relocating technical training from Port San Antonio to Port San Antonio officials hope to reuswe that space for additional commercialdevelopmentf opportunities. The military is developing this complex as part of the 2005 San Antoniok Base Realignment andClosure (BRAC) construction program. In all, the governmen expects to spend morethan $2 billion on BRAC-relatecd construction. The Air Force Center for Engineeringy and the Environment selectesdPlymouth Meeting, Pa.-based AMEC Earth & Environmentapl Inc. as the contractor. Construction will be coordinated out ofthe company’z San Antonio office. The Fort Worth Districgt office ofthe U.S.
Army Corps of Engineeras will provideconstruction management.