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  • RAF Lakenheath holds 'topping out' ceremony

     A "topping out" ceremony was held Dec. 15 to celebrate completion of the 606th roof of the $220 million Liberty Village housing project at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.Nearly 200 people, including representatives from RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, Defence Estates, the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and Mansell PLC

  • Building Information Modeling: Helping the Air Force better design, construct, manage assets

    Being able to see what you are going to build before you build it is not a futuristic idea. Since fiscal 2010, the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment has required Building Information Modeling be utilized for the design of all vertical military construction projects.BIM is a three-dimensional, dynamic modeling approach aimed at

  • Air Force Plant 42 converts rubble into roads

    The Air Force is always on the lookout for new ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. Piles of rubble generated on Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., were successfully converted into road base for the installation, effectively avoiding the disposal of 50,000 tons of soil, concrete and asphalt to offsite landfills and saving the Air Force over $2

  • Alaska F-22 maintainers get shelter from weather

    With temperatures dipping as low as 30 degrees below zero at Air Force Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, weather shelters for aircraft maintenance crews are a necessity.Without these shelters, maintenance crews would be forced to take breaks to get out of the cold, resulting in up to a 33 percent drop in productivity, officials said. The

  • Tyndall Fitness Center raises the bar high

    The fitness center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., is the first Air Force building expected to achieve the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum level.The center, which opened in August, has impressed customers with its design features and amenities."The first thing we hear from our customers is 'Wow,

  • AFCEE takes on iconic project for the U.S. Air Force Academy

    The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment here is preparing to build a leadership training facility for cadets attending the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.  This is the most significant construction project for the agency, as well as for the Air Force, AFCEE officials said"This project is a momentous benchmark for

  • Register now for 2011 restoration, tech. transfer workshop

     It's not too late to register for the 2011 Air Force Restoration and Technology Transfer Workshop set for March 7 - 11 in San Antonio, Texas. The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment, previously the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, has sponsored annual technology transfer workshops since 1991. This year's event, with

  • Ironman competitor heads up pollution prevention

    The Air Force has an Ironman managing its pollution prevention and hazardous materials programs. Kevin Gabos, an Air Force subject matter expert at the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment, successfully competed in the Nov. 21 Ironman Triathlon in Tempe, Ariz.., finishing in 11 hours 48 minutes. "It was the first triathlon I'd ever

  • Air Force emergency managers "walk-the-walk"

    A team of Air Force emergency managers -- 481 strong -- representing all the major commands, recently joined 2,000 of their colleagues at the 58th annual International Association of Emergency Managers conference, held October 29 through November 4, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas.This year's IAEM conference theme was, "Talk-the-Talk, now

  • AFCEE gets new director

    U.S. Air Force photos by Michael Briggs Terry Edwards sits at his desk at the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment Oct. 22 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Larger version
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