ATCT - Fort Bliss, Texas

Air Traffic Control Tower

Biggs Army Airfield at Fort Bliss, Texas, holds one of the country's longest runways (13,556 FT) and monitors around 100,000 aircraft movements a year. This Air Traffic Control Tower includes the operation and control for the 1st Armored Division's 1st Combat Aviation Brigade and the 127th Aviation Support Battalion, made up of AH64 Apache, UH-60 Black Hawk, and CH-47 Chinook helicopters.

This project consisted of SGS designing and constructing a new Air Traffic Control Tower at Fort Bliss, Texas. The Control Tower is a 10 Story Tower with a single-story Administrative Wing. Primary areas in the Control Tower include:

Flight Control Cab
Airspace Information Center
Equipment Room
Ground Control Approach Maintenance Shop
Four (4) Tilting Transmission Towers

Transmitter Building
Administrative Space
Training Rooms
Mechanical Rooms
Storage Areas

Features of the Control Tower include:

Level 10 Cab Provides 360-Degree Viewing
Window Openings for Levels 2 - 9
Cast-In-Place Concrete Tower Walls
Exterior Insulation, Finish System (EIFS)
Continuous Layer of Exterior Insulation
Reflective Roof Membranes

Multiple Security Gates
High R-Value Roof & Wall Systems
Sunshades
Low-Flow Plumbing Fixtures
Elevator
LEED® Silver Certification

Additionally, the project scope included SGS removing and reinstalling the FAA's flight equipment Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) and Digital Audio Legal Recorder (DALR) Systems from the old Air Traffic Control Tower. Site improvements consisted of site demolition, grading, site utilities, electrical and communications services, rigid and flexible bituminous paving, walks, curbs, gutters, storm drainage system, landscaping, and other miscellaneous site improvements.