COMPLEXITY OF THE JOB

The new Airborne Equipment & Parachute Maintenance Facility managed by NAVFAC EURAFSWA is intended to provide facilities to support the transformation of the US Army, which will enhance their power projection ca-pability in accordance with US military strate-gies. The facility includes a drying tower, packing area, parachute repair and mainte-nance area, storage, shipping/staging and covered loading area. A separate parking lot and a pedestrian walkway lined with native trees guiding visitors between the parking lot and the Parachute Shop was included in the project. The total construction cost for this project was $5.6 million.

Michael-Bruno produced architectural, electri-cal, mechanical and structural in English and Italian according to current US and Italian standards, including the Aviano Design Guide, UFC, and DoD AT/FP requirements. The team prepared comprehensive engineering drawings and specifications using SPECSINTACT for both the site and the building to achieve a LEED Silver Certification. This project also entailed site improvements and utilities con-nections, including construction of an electrical substation necessary to service the new build-ing. Michael-Bruno performed evaluations, surveys, and prepared the necessary docu-mentation for demolition and environmen-tal/hazmat services related to removal of the ITAF facility that formerly occupied the con-struction site. This was done in coordination with the local health authority ASL (Azienda Sanitarie Locali).

Sustainable/LEED Design
Michael-Bruno’s LEED team prepared Energy Models for the new facility as well as oversaw the requirements of the Green Building Com-mission to meet the Silver LEED design re-quirements. The team reviewed the natural resources of the site and locale and recom-mended alternative energy, material resources, recommended plantings, indoor air recommendations and water saving technolo-gies. Michael-Bruno made several significant recommendations to enable this project to achieve LEED Silver and use all 5 categories of LEED. Key strategies include a heat recov-ery system in the parachute drying tower and the use of storm-water for irrigation and plumb-ing, which helped to achieve 30% savings in both energy and water usage for the facility. These strategies take advantage of inherent features of the building program and local cli-mate to help the owner meet their goals for sustainability while maintaining the desired character of both the region and the air base as a whole.

These services were provided to develop in-frastructure elements necessary for operational and maintenance support.

PERFORMANCE METRICS

Cost Control

  • Michael-Bruno worked closely with the DB partner to insure a design-to-budget end product, while maintaining controls to meet the Silver LEED requirement of the project.
  • Our cost estimate team performed Europe-wide market research to find the best ma-terials at the lowest price. By example, we found that ordering material from Southern Italian regions, rather than those in the North, reduced the overall cost by 12%.

Quality of Work


  • Given this was one of the first U.S. military Silver LEED projects in Europe, NAVFAC ROICC Northern Italy was extremely pleased with the design, particularly elec-trical and mechanical.
  • This job set the stage for Michael-Bruno to be called upon to provide civil design and host nation authority for a second NAVFAC EURAFSWA-managed, Silver LEED pro-ject at Aviano Airbase, the U.S. Air Froce Air Support Operations Squadron Facility, which began construction in January 2012.


Compliance with Perfomance Schedules

  • Michael-Bruno was called into this project two months after award. Our team was able to provide a fast-track design, recov-ering time and allowing the BD construction partner to begin foundation work to recover lost time.

SCOPE AND NATURE SIMILAR TO THE A-E SERVICES IDIQ

  • Designed to Silver LEED specifications and requirements
  • Engineering studies for feasibility in accordance with Green Building Council and Host Nation costs of sustainability requirements
  • Utilized SPECSINTACT; Dr. Checks  Project design in duel language, utilizing metric systems
  • Designed-to-Budget
  • Compliance withal U.S. and Host Nation codes; as well as IBC, UFC, NFPA, and base design guide

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