Construction Complete on KMA Designed Green Flag Facility and Outdoor Athletic Complex for Nellis Air Force Base

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San Diego, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) July 13, 2011 -- KMA Architecture & Engineering (KMA) announced that construction is complete on the Green Flag Facility and outdoor athletic complex designed for Nellis Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada. In a design/build partnership with Jaynes Corporation, KMA provided architectural design services for the project to comply with LEED® Silver requirements.

“KMA worked closely with the Air Force and its consultants to develop the most efficient and cost-effective design for all three of the projects,” said Don Blair. “We also incorporated the latest in sustainable technologies and practices throughout the entire construction process to stay in line with the military’s mandate to achieve LEED® certification.”

The $15 million project includes a 19,126 square foot Green Flag operations building and a 9,500 square foot outdoor athletic complex. Also included but not yet complete is a 39,797 square foot F-16 hangar /aircraft maintenance unit (AMU) facility.

The designs incorporated environmentally-conscious features including exterior sun shades, large clerestory windows to provide natural daylighting, low-E glazing, water efficient plumbing fixtures, walk-off grates at entries, low-voc paints/sealants, and recycled-content materials.

The Green Flag facility is a squadron operations facility which provides offices, conference, training, briefing, life support, lockers and break room to support combat training for pilots. Included are both secure and non-secure administrative spaces and a 150-seat auditorium. The F-16 hangar/AMU portion of the project includes sliding hangar doors and a 5-ton bridge crane for aircraft maintenance, along with two-story AMU spaces for administrative functions, training, supply storage, as well as exterior decks.
The KMA project team consisted of Don Blair, Jen Gagne, Jay Janda, Heather Mertes, Ilia Voronchihin, and Alison Warren. The structural engineers were Wright Engineers and Chavez-Grieves, the civil engineer was Wright Engineers, the electrical and mechanical engineer was Jordan & Skala, and the landscape architect was DW Landscapes Inc. Fire and life safety engineering services were provided by AON Fire Protection Engineering and the plumbing engineer was Dynamic Plumbing. The Jaynes team included Bob Huse, Clark Hagen, Steve Zohner and Carlos Montenegro.

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