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NAS Whiting Field Breaks Ground for Air Traffic Control Tower
April, 2007On April 27, 2007, the Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new 6-story, South Field Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) designed to provide the aviation training base with a modern, state-of-the-art facility.
STOA Architects teamed with Jack Moore and Company to design and construct the new ATCT which serves both fixed and rotory wing aircraft. It will include a control cab on the sixth floor, an elevator, stair, mechanical room, training room, lounge, office, restrooms and equipment rooms. An elevated conditioned walkway will connect the new ATCT to Hangar 1406 at the second floor level. The estimated $3.8 million facility will serve Naval Air Station Whiting Field for the next 40 years.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field is responsible for an estimated 43 percent of the Chief of Naval Air Training Command's total flight time and over 11 percent of Navy and Marine Corps' total flight time. Over 1,200 personnel complete their essential flight training at this base annually. Flight training will not be disrupted during construction of the new facility, which is expected to completed by July 2008. This project will be phased to allow the current ATCT to remain operational and fully functional until the new ATCT reaches approximately 50 feet above grade. At this time, the government will provide a remote temporary portable air traffic control facility. The demolition of the existing ATCT will then commence and the remaining components of the new ATCT will be completed.
As this project enters the construction phase, STOA will be working with the U.S. Navy to provide on-going quality assurance services throughout the design/build process.
