Redstone Arsenal

Located in Huntsville, Alabama, the Rotary Wing Hangar is a design-build project for a 126,278 sf hangar and administrative facility. The hangar is designed to the specific requirements of the Redstone Test Center (RTC) – previously the ATTC of Ft. Rucker – and includes administrative offices, aviation operations, testing areas, and parts storage and technology shops co-located within one facility. The development maintains a comfortable and useful environment for both administrative, fabrication, and testing functions for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft.

Using a bi-level high bay roof structure, the hangar is designed to offer the maximum possible flexibility for the user to accommodate a variety of aircraft types. The hangar high bay space simultaneously accommodates four (4) CH-47s with overlapping service areas for two (2) C-27Js or two (2) Gulfstream 550s) and, in the lower-level high-bay, six (6) UH-60s (with overlapping service areas for three (3) AH-64s and four (4) OH-58s. Unique aspects of the project include four (4) 3-ton overhead bridge cranes, flex-life line safety cables, AFFF fire suppression system, emergency power, secured vault and access floor areas.

Construction included an open bay, large span steel frame, drilled pier and spread footing foundations, split-face cmu veneer, metal wall panel, and standing seam metal roof. The overall 75-acre site development consists of 18.7 acres of aircraft hardstand area, three taxiways, government and personal vehicle parking, water mains, gas extension, sanitary sewers, storm lines, and bio-pond remediation systems.