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Polyengineering,
Inc. was selected to design a three-lane Digital Multipurpose Range
Complex (DMPRC) to the latest training standards. The range will
provide 245 stationary infantry targets, 11 evasive capable moving
armor targets, 55 stationary armor targets, six qualification firing
trails, 20 turret-down defilade positions, five crossover trails, two
primary target service roads, and concrete turning pads. The trails
and targets follow existing terrain features wherever possible to
limit the amount of cut and fill necessary to maintain line of sight
for qualification.
The range also
provides two administration areas that include two general instruction
buildings, a central maintenance building, covered bleachers, a range
operations center, an after action review building, a control tower,
concrete tent pads, two latrines, and a helicopter landing area.
Potable water will be provided to select facilities via a domestic
water well that is to be drilled onsite. Wastewater treatment will be
accomplished with onsite septic tanks.
Power provided
to all range components will be from underground service. Fiber optic
cable infrastructure for the DMPRC shall consist of fiber optic cables
that will extend from target emplacements and camera locations back to
the range operations center. The after action review building will be
connected to the range operations center with fiber.
The design of
this project focuses on avoiding and/or minimizing negative impacts to
red cockaded woodpecker clusters and habitat, wetlands, eligible
historic properties, other sensitive plant and animal species, and
water resources. |
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