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By John Nolan, Staff Writer Updated 9:09 AM Wednesday, November 25, 2009

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Orchestrating the massive, multi-year relocation of jobs, equipment and programs from military outposts in other states to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has its share of drama, challenges and achievements.

These were among the developments that Air Force officials shared with reporters during a tour Tuesday, Nov. 24, of major projects in the base’s $332 million construction of facilities for programs that Washington has ordered be moved to Wright-Patterson by Sept. 15, 2011:

Hiring for dozens of vacant jobs including scientists, engineers and other specialists is expected to start in earnest in the spring of 2010, depending on how many of those personnel choose to relocate from other states. Sixteen vacant positions have already been moved and the Air Force has filled them.
A challenge that the government dismissed last week, by a company hoping to win a contract to provide a large centrifuge for the new Human Performance Wing complex, has caused a delay of perhaps 45 to 60 days in the construction schedule for the $200 million main building in the complex, said Thomas Wells, director of the 711th Human Performance Wing, which will occupy the complex. Project supervisors must work with Environmental Tectonics Corp., of Southampton, Pa., which won the $34.4 million contract to supply the centrifuge and related services, to make up the delay, Wells said. The overall project remains ahead of schedule, however, with construction still to be finished in February 2011 and occupancy planned in May 2011.
Contractors on the Human Performance Wing complex have amassed an impressive workplace safety record, with one accident — a worker falling off a stepladder — in about 450,000 man-hours of work on the project so far, Wells said.
Renovation of space for the 77th Aeronautical Systems Group includes modernizing a 1930s-era building that retains Art Deco-style features and stained glass, as headquarters of the unit, and remodeling a 1920s-era building as lab space. The 77th’s mission involves support for the safety, protection and function of warfighters, including uniforms, helmets, protective goggles and other gear.

Wright-Patterson will absorb research programs including aerospace medicine, sensors and human performance from other bases, under decisions made during the nation’s 2005 base realignment and closure assessment. The additions are intended to enhance Wright-Patterson’s research capabilities and make it a military center of excellence for those programs.

The much-anticipated relocation will bring hundreds of scientists, engineers and contract support personnel to the Dayton area, including personnel transferred from other locations and positions to be filled locally if current jobholders choose not to relocate.

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