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AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR

NAVAL AIR STATION, OCEANA

NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia

1992 Presidential Design Awards nominee - Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts

Finalist, National Engineering Excellence Award - 1991 American Consulting Engineers Council

Engineering Excellence Award - 1991 Consulting Engineers Council of Georgia

Silver Award - 1990 James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation.

Published in "The Welding Innovation Quarterly - Advancing Arc Welding Design and Practice Worldwide," Vol. VIII, No. 1, 1991 by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation.

 

The design of the cantilevered, general maintenance hangar included a complete design with Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Architectural planning and design for a 60,000 S.F. column-free hangar area with a 581' column-free clear entrance adjoined by a 60,000 ft², 2-story maintenance shop/administration area. Additional 2,500 ft² space was included to house mechanical/electrical utilities. Supporting facilities included a 700' x 20' foot taxiway, 43,000 ft² fire lane, 301 vehicle parking spaces with access roads, high security fencing, and alarm system. AFFF fire protection system was included in the design. Scope of services included: pre-design meetings (charettes), shop drawing review, as-built preparation, QAP preparation, OMSI and construction inspection. NAVFAC guide specifications were utilized.

Special structural considerations were given, due to the site's location in a hurricane zone. Zone I seismic loading was incorporated in our design. Due to the colder climate, de-icing and other heating systems required special consideration. The roof was designed as a single-ply membrane roofing system over rigid insulation on a metal deck. The structure was placed on a pile foundation system. The exterior wall was Fluted CMU up to 7'-4", then for 2'-8" a smooth finish CMU. From 10' to top, the walls were insulated metal siding.

Construction costs were $11.6 million, $3 million below the Government's original funding. Change orders totaled $48,000 (less than 0.6% of the construction cost).

The design was adopted by NAVFAC as a prototype.



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