High Bay Corrosion Control Hangar

This multi-bay, 21,528 SF facility is designed for washing and painting the V-22 Osprey, HC-53 K King Stallion, and H-1 Huey helicopters. Several sections of the hangar were designed specifically for wet and dry areas while keeping sustainability and environmental factors in mind.  

On the wet-bay side of the hangar, the aircraft are washed with high-pressure water, and contaminants from the wash are collected in a closed filtration system that cleans the water for reuse. TESSERE’S design ensured that no potable water was used in the wash process, and no wash water from this process entered the base sewer systems. Any water that would be lost through evaporation during the high-pressure wash is replaced by a rainwater collection system that was incorporated into the building’s design. In the dry-bay area of the hangar, the paint on the aircraft is blasted off and made ready for new paint. Plastic Media Blast (PMB) is used to peel the old paint off the skin of the aircraft using plastic beads. The paint and beads that are used in the paint removal process are able to be collected and go through a separation process called electrocoagulation (EC), where the plastic beads are retrieved and then stored for reuse, while the paint is collected for safe disposal.

The load-bearing precast concrete wall system incorporated into the building’s design is durable, resists decay caused by the PMB system, efficient to build, and produces an envelope with outstanding thermal and durability performance. Additional support spaces in the facility included offices, break rooms, showers, toilets, and lockers for workers to clean up after work, wet and dry storage, as well as various mechanical and electrical rooms. An early-start (fast-track) construction package on this project allowed construction to begin while the full design was being completed to ensure this project met its completion deadline. This project complied with AT/FP and physical security regulations in accordance with DoD Minimum Anti-Terrorism Standards for Buildings as well as the required UFC design guidelines.