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E\6WDII6JW+HDWKHU&R]DG6WDOH\                         airfield manager. Davis supplied the architectur-
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                                                           al designers with the specific details and layout
   The new air traffic control tower has now become a
familiar landmark on the horizon of March Field and        suggestions to meet air traffic control and base
the memories of the former tower have begun to fade.
What you might not know is that March Air Reserve          operations mission requirements.
Base won the Merit Award for the Air Traffic Control
Tower and Base Operations Facility in the U.S. Air         Other team members included Jack Porter,
Force 2015 Design Award Program.
                                                           Bill Smith, Brian Schrage, Brandon Talbot, 452
   This award, based on categories including sustain-
ability, energy efficiency, and low-water-usage land-       CES, as well as Christopher Noel and Brad Pot-
scape, garnered national attention for the tower’s sus-
tainable design.                                           ter, 452nd Operations Support Squadron.

   The previous control tower, built in 1958, had ex-      “It was a team win, (and) a rarity to win an Air
ceeded its useful life, and was beginning to use up a
large portion of the maintenance budget. Additionally,     Force award,” Feeley said. “It is quite an honor
its seismic reinforcement was no longer up to current
codes, according to Sean Feeley, deputy base civil en-     when there are thousands of projects but only a                      FRXUWHV\SKRWR
gineer, 452nd Civil Engineer Squadron.                     few are selected.”

   The new tower was designed to meet the Leader-          According to an article written by Susan /50DUN&RUUHOOGHSXW\DVVLVWDQWVHFUHWDU\(QYLURQ-
ship in Energy and Environmental Design Silver stan-
dard which is the system used by U.S. Green Building       Scheuer, U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center PHQW6DIHW\DQG2FFXSDWLRQDO+HDOWKSUHVHQWVWKH86
Council to rate projects. It will “allow the Air Force to
operate sustainably for the next 50 years,” Feeley said.   public affairs, The U.S. Air Force Design Awards $LU)RUFH'HVLJQ$ZDUG3URJUDP¶V0HULW$ZDUGIRU

    One of the key players in getting the project off the  program, established in 1976 and managed by the WKH$LU7UDI¿F&RQWURO7RZHUDQG%DVH2SHUDWLRQV)DFLOLW\
ground was the late Chris Davis, former March ARB                                                             DW0DUFK)LHOGWR.HQQHWK&URVE\-DFREVDUFKLWHFWXUDO
                                                           Air Force Civil Engineer Center, recognizes and    GHVLJQ¿UPKHDGTXDUWHUHGLQ3DVDGHQD&DOLIRUQLD&RO
                                                           promotes design excellence across the Air Force.   *DU\6FKQHLGHU$LU)RUFH5HVHUYH&RPPDQG5RELQV
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                                                              The March award was presented by Mark           RI(QJLQHHUV/RXLVYLOOH'LVWULFW.HQWXFN\6HDQ)HHOH\
                                                           Correll, deputy assistant secretary, Environment,  QG&LYLO(QJLQHHU6TXDGURQ0DUFK$LU5HVHUYH%DVH
                                                           Safety and Occupational Health, and accepted by

                                                           Sean Feeley, deputy base civil engineer, 452nd &DOLIRUQLD

                                                           Civil Engineer Squadron, and three other proj-

                                                           ect representatives at a ceremony in San Anto-     Corps of Engineers, based in Louisville, Kentucky;

                                                           nio, Texas on Dec. 2, 2015. The other representatives and Air Force Reserve Command Headquarters’ man-

                                                           included the architectural design company Jacobs, ager of military contract projects, Robins Air Force

                                                           headquartered in Pasadena, California; the U.S. Army Base, Georgia.

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