Dover Air Force Base C-17 Air Freight Terminal

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Dover Air Force Base is the active duty military host for the 436th Airlift Wing, consisting of over 4,000 active-duty military and civilian employees. To support the airlift mission of the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Dover AFB, the US Air Force invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new hangars, infrastructure, and aviation facilities. The base construction program included a new $77 million, 370,000 square foot C-17 Air Freight Terminal (AFT) that includes an oversized cargo facility and main building with maintenance and operational sections.

The Air Force Center of Engineering and Environment (AFCEE) hired MOCA Systems to provide professional services for multiple projects at Dover AFB including the C-17 AFT to help manage the risks, costs and schedules throughout the capital program lifecycles. MOCA Systems provided a range of services including cost engineering, scheduling, construction simulation, and construction oversight. Using the MOCABuild™ construction simulation technology, the MOCA team provided rapid scenario tradeoff evaluations during construction and detailed evaluations of change orders and delay claims.

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“MOCA Systems provided the Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Dover Base CE (BCE) with their differentiated MOCABuild project controls system on the $77 million Air Freight Terminal / Oversized Cargo Facility at Dover AFB. By having a thorough and detailed understanding of the project costs, achievable schedule durations and labor resources required to complete the work, MOCA was able to identify to the AF where the project was at risk. This proactive approach allowed the AMC and BCE the ability to engage with the construction agent and contractor early in the project and to substantially reduce the claims and changes form the contractor”.

Chief of Military Construction, Base Civil Engineering, Dover AFB