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Digital Multipurpose Range Complex (DMPRC)

 
Location: Ft. Benning, Georgia  
Client: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District  
   

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.