Millions more flow to Texas for construction projects
by Mary Scott Nabers
CEO of Strategic Partnerships, Inc.
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Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio will receive approximately $215 million. Some $72 million of that amount will fund Phase One of an ambulatory care center. Another $29.3 million will fund a dental clinic and $77 million will go toward Phase Two of a recruit dormitory. Other construction projects funded at Lackland include a basic military training satellite classroom and a dining facility with a $32 million price tag. Two other training facilities will receive $4.879 million and $1.5 million for renovations and additions.
Although not as many projects were funded at Ford Hood in Killeen, the base received funding of $35 million for four projects. Construction projects include $6.7 million for an automated multipurpose machine gun range, $2.4 million for an urban assault course, $23 million for a vehicle maintenance shop and $3 million for an alternative fuel pump house and fill stand.
Other Texas military construction funding includes:
- Austin - $16.5 million for an Armed Forces Reserve Center for the Army National Guard, $5.7 million for a joint field maintenance shop for the Army National Guard and $20 million for an Armed Forces Reserve Center for the Army Reserve;
- Houston - $24 million for land purchase and an Army Reserve Center;
- San Antonio - $20 million for an Army Reserve Center and $2.210 million for a Navy Reserve Training Center;
- Corpus Christi - $19.764 million for operational facilities for T-6 for the Navy;
- Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene - $4.5 million for a C-130J Alter Hangar;
- Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo - $14 million for a student dormitory with 100 rooms and $18.4 million for Phase One of a Joint Intel Tech training facility; and
- Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio - $10.8 million for access control point and road improvements and $9 million for a general instruction building.
The declining national economy certainly has not slowed military construction. It remains a significant source of business opportunities.
