Truax Field Fighter Alert Shelter

Special construction requirements include: the shelters will house four aircrafts with automatic opening front and rear aircraft doors; heating, fire detection and ultra-high pressure fire suppression system/closed head wet-pipe sprinkler fire suppression systems. Provide support for Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and installation of a backup emergency generator. The facility is designed as permanent construction in accordance with the DoD Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01, General Building Requirements and UFC 1-200-02, High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements.  The facility shall be compatible with applicable DoD, Air Force, and base design standards. This project will comply with DoD antiterrorism/force protection requirements per unified facilities criteria.