Moton Field at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Tuskegee, Alabama

Sector: Government

Tuskegee Airmen National Historical SiteTuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field in Tuskegee, AL, commemorates the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first black airmen. Constructed in 1941 as a new training base, Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots and is now operated by the National Park Service.

The 43-acre Moton Field site had deteriorated for over 60 years—leaving only nine of its fifteen known structures remaining—when the National Park Service selected Hartrampf, Inc., now Wiley|Wilson, to lead a project to reconstruct and rehabilitate the site on an accelerated schedule. The project involved preserving and rehabilitating the buildings and the grounds, as well as constructing new visitor facilities.

As part of the renovation effort, Fisher Engineering professionals provided each building with a new automatic fire sprinkler protection throughout and a new peer-to-peer fire alarm system.

Owner

National Park Service

Client

Hartrampf, Inc. (now Wiley|Wilson)

Location

Tuskegee, AL

Services Provided

  • Design analysis of interior life safety, fire sprinkler, fire pump, and fire alarm systems
  • Construction documents development, including specification and drawings
  • Shop submittal reviews
  • Interim site reviews
  • Final site review
  • Functional performance testing of fire sprinkler, fire pump, fire alarm, and life safety systems

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CONSTRUCTION COST

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Completion Date

2009