Anti-Terrorism / Force Protection Gates Improvements - MacDill Air Force Base, FL
Pond provided A/E Design services for the improvement to four entry control gates at MacDill AFB, Florida, to enhance the base’s Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) capabilities, improve gate security and safety and meet current UFC criteria and TM5-853-2 and 3. Improvements to traffic flow and congestion were also addressed.
The main entry gate design included a new Security Operations Building and Visitor’s Center, vehicle inspection area featuring a canopied facility with two inspection lanes, and a new parking lot to serve both visitor and government vehicles. The design for this gate also included a new entry canopy and guard stations, speed attenuation devices, and a traffic circle have been incorporated at the main entry.
The commercial vehicle gate (Port Tampa) received a new Security Forces Facility and truck staging area with a vehicle inspection canopy. This state-of-the-art inspection area includes depressed manned pits and undercarriage camera systems to allow thorough inspection of vehicles. New control gates, hydraulic barricades and overwatch structures were also installed.
The remaining gates received upgrades and modifications which included new barricades and new overwatch structures.
Related Projects
Related News
The Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station hosts ground breaking ceremony
Pond recently attended the groundbreaking ceremony at the Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station. This ceremony kicked off the transition to the C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft, which is replacing the C-130 Hercules currently at the base. Several projects under three...
TetraTech | Pond Joint Venture awarded U.S. Army Reserve Louisville District design contract
Pond, through its joint venture with TetraTech, was recently awarded the design contract for the U.S. Army Reserve Louisville District to provide designs for Army Reserve facilities throughout the country. This contract award builds on the success that Tetra Tech |...
George Fragulis featured in The Military Engineer
Program Manager George Fragulis discusses planning, scheduling and the importance of teamwork in his article, "Working Through Multiple Funding Sources and Compressed Schedules" for the July-August issue of The Military Engineer. In the article, Fragulis talks about...