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Hambleton Hall Flight Simulator Building
Davis Monthan, Tucson, Arizona
The Hambleton Hall Flight Simulator Building houses a full motion simulator, a sophisticated machine designed to simulate both the look and feel of flying. The simulator moves to simulate G-forces encountered during flight, maximizing the realism of simulations.
AWARDS
Society of American Military Engineers
2015 Large Business Project of Excellence | Silver
Education and Training
Hambleton Hall Flight Simulator Building
Davis Monthan, Tucson, Arizona
Hambleton Hall Flight Simulator Building
Davis Monthan, Tucson, Arizona
DELIVERY METHOD
Design-Build
CERTIFICATIONS
LEED Silver
SIZE
50,579 SF
COMPLETION
2015
CONTRACTOR
RSCI Group
SERVICES
Flying an airplane is a risky endeavor. It requires a highly coordinated effort among the aircrew to make certain they complete the flight successfully and arrive safely at their destination. Teamwork is paramount. Obviously, training and practice build teamwork skills and are key to offering a level of certainty to flying. The Hambleton Hall Flight Simulator Building provides a safe place for aircrews to practice flights to perfection as a team. The main simulator bay houses a full motion simulator for the pilot and co-pilot, a sophisticated machine designed to simulate both the look and feel of flying. The simulator moves to simulate G-forces encountered during flight, maximizing the realism of simulations. The goal, though, is to train the entire air crew, so other rooms are dedicated to simulators for the rest of the aircrew, allowing them to work together as a team in running through various scenarios.
Design and construction are comparable to flying an airplane. Completing a building takes on certain risks with both purpose and the hope it lands safely in the end. Also, similar: teamwork is paramount. Design and construction projects can have large teams: the owner, the user, the builder, the architect, and the architect’s consultants, to name a few. How does a project team practice together to ensure a safe landing? For Hambleton Hall, the project kick-off charrette was the metaphorical flight simulator. WJA Design Collaborative employs charrettes as a forum for team building, where an open exchange of ideas is encouraged for the benefit of the project, ensuring the project achieves its purpose and “lands safely.” The charrette is the setting for a project team to practice working together to prepare them to overcome the challenges certain to arise as a project progresses to completion. At the end of the Hambleton Hall charrette, the project team had developed a project concept to everyone’s satisfaction, a flight plan, if you will, for completing a successful project.
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