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AMC captures four Air Force design awards

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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILL. --   Four Air Mobility Command design projects captured top honors as best in the Air Force during the 2004 U.S. Air Force Design and Construction Awards.

In the Planning Studies and Design Guides category, the command earned a Citation Award for the Fairchild AFB, Wash., Survival School 10-Year Master Plan.

Also in the Planning Studies and Design Guides category, AMC captured a Citation Award for the command's Warm Weather Gates Design Studies for Charleston AFB, S.C., McChord AFB, Wash., Pope AFB, N.C., and Travis AFB, Calif.

The command earned a second Citation Award in the Planning Studies and Design Guides category with the Charleston (AFB) 2020 project.

In the Interior Design category, AMC also earned a Merit Award for the Charleston Dining Hall project.

Survival School 10-Year Master Plan

The Fairchild Survival School 10-Year Master Plan was designed by WJA Design Collaborative of Seattle, Wash. The plan calls for replacing older wood frame buildings (currently used for administration) and building or adding on to several facilities, including: a dormitory and water survival training facility; a mission support complex; a replacement of the 46-acre "Resistance Training Camp;" a "Peacetime Detention Center;" an exhibition and storage building; and additions to the school's fitness center.

Charleston 2020 project

The Charleston 2020 project was designed to prepare "visionary design concepts" for several Charleston Military Construction projects that, according to the award narrative, will have a major impact on the physical development of the base. The development of the Charleston 2020 project involved identification and evaluation of baseline planning and design factors, and plan development for each military construction project. The base will apply recommendations generated by the Charleston 2020 project to specific programming and design once funded. Parsons of Midlothian, Va., designed the project.

Charleston AFB Dining Hall

Glick/Boehm & Associates, Inc., of Charleston, S.C., designed the Charleston AFB Dining Hall project as a centerpiece to the base's newly redeveloped dormitory community area. The dining facility is oriented with its service side to the street and with dining areas that offer views of the dormitory campus area. According to the award narrative, Charleston officials and dining facility patrons are "extremely satisfied with the siting of the building and its architecture." The new facility provides for 630 patrons with a minimum seating of 250, parking and service areas, and 180-degree patron access from the dormitory area. Construction was completed in March 2001.

Warm Weather Gates Design Study

AMC's Warm Weather Gates Design Study involves seven entry gates at four warm-weather AMC bases where security forces require protection from harsh weather. The plan calls for canopies that span all incoming lanes, lane modifications, enclosures for security forces personnel and two, stacked identification check stations.

The Air Force established the Design Awards Program in 1976 to recognize and promote design excellence.

Before competing at Air Force level, each AMC entry was reviewed by a panel of professional architects and engineers assigned to AMC's Civil Engineering Directorate. Nineteen AMC entries were forwarded to Air Force-level design competition.