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Several directorates moving to new AFRC building

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  • By Jenny Gordon
  • 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  A new building off Robins Parkway will welcome about 400 occupants starting June 15.

About 100 dignitaries and staffers from Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command toured the 93,000-square-foot modular facility and attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 30.

Construction on the two-story structure started in January and ended in May. It belongs to the AFRC headquarters and features wide walkway areas, cubicle stations, new furnishings and conference rooms.

The facility will temporarily house several directorates. Relocating to the new building are A1 Manpower and Personnel, A4 Logistics, A7 Installations and Mission Support, and the Readiness Management Group.

The new building is part of a long-range plan to consolidate seven off-base and on-base facilities into one headquarters complex.

The AFRC complex will include a Deployment Readiness and Training Center currently under construction across the street and an additional 343,000-square-foot headquarters building.

Col. Nick Desport, AFRC civil engineer and A7 deputy director, emphasized that the modular blocks, or individual buildings, were pre-built in off-site factories before arriving at Robins. This pre-build allowed construction to progress at a steady pace as the site was cleared and foundation was laid.

"Who would envision that we would take all those building blocks and put them together?" he asked. "I have never seen construction as efficient and organized, and done so fast in the 30 years of my career.

"It is phenomenal what this contractor has done," he said, referring to First Choice Gov, which was supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Robins' 78th Air Base Wing.