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After several years in planning, design and construction, the Airmen responsible for maintaining the airfield finally moved into their new home.
The newly-constructed Airfield Maintenance Complex on Ramstein provides a single location for the Pavement and Equipment “Dirtboyz,” Barrier Maintenance and Power Production technicians.
The $5.6 million complex, constructed by Firma Budau of Germany, provides more than 2,200 square meters of work space for the three shops that provide vital airfield maintenance to U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s premier airlift hub.
***image1***The new facility provides space for parking and maintaining large vehicles and equipment. The building has been conceived as a three-part structure consisting of a two-story administration area, one large maintenance bay with drive-through capability and smaller bays between the heavy equipment truck storage, equipment and tool storage and barrier maintenance storage.
It is designed for minor maintenance on large vehicles that are responsible for
runway operation during all weather conditions. In order to support the mission, the facility includes maintenance bays, storage, administration and locker rooms. It matches surrounding facilities and is oriented in such fashion as to maximize the footprint, minimizing the impact on Ramstein’s limited real estate. The Airfield Maintenance Complex will provide a larger and more modern work area that meets the needs of civil engineers in support of the mission.
“The old facility had narrower doors; the new facility makes it easier and safer for vehicle operators to pull their large airfield snow brooms and plows inside the facility for equipment maintenance,” said Senior Master Sgt. Jon Stirewalt, 735th Civil Engineer Squadron Heavy Repair section superintendent.
“The facility also includes two overhead cranes for general maintenance and to load runway de-icer chemicals into the spreaders. The new Airfield Maintenance Complex significantly improves quality of life for more than 65 CE (civil engineer) craftsmen.”
“(Before we) had to navigate through the housing and school areas to respond to an airfield emergency because of the location,” said Master Sgt. Keith Brown, 735th CES Power Production.
“The new Airfield Maintenance Complex reduces response time when responding to an in-flight emergency.”
Providing more space and consolidating three shops, the Airfield Maintenance Complex will allow quicker response time during emergencies and bad weather. It ensures that the technicians that support the airfield mission are ready to respond.
(Courtesy of 735th Civil Engineer Squadron)
