P-N46 Corrosion Control Hangar

Kaneohe, HI

The P-946 Corrosion Control Hangar facility located at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe was built to provide essential support for the maintenance, repair, paint preparation and painting of various military aircraft. Housed within the new 29,408-hangar facility are separate bays for aircraft paint removal and the application of new coatings, as well as areas for hazardous material storage, administrative office space, a tool room, a paint mixing room, a stencil room and equipment storage. 

Completed within 26 months, the project entailed construction of a state-of-the-art, steel-framed corrosion control hangar and a steel roof deck supported by structural steel beams and trusses and shallow concrete footings. The walls are comprised of precast concrete and ribbed insulated metal panels, and the hangar bay floor is slab on grade with an embedded grounding grid and a trench system. 

A formal Construction Partnering program was implemented before construction began to set partnership goals and discuss key processes for achieving them with various members of the project team (owner, architect, contractor). In addition to setting common goals related to safety, schedule, quality, teamwork and timeliness, the team established guidelines for achieving World Class Teamwork and set generals rules for BOMS (breakdowns, obstacles, mistakes, screwups). They also developed an issue resolution ladder and established a program to monitor, sustain and follow-up on the partnership. Using a 1-10 rating, teamwork scores coming into the project’s initial Partnering workshop were 5.6 and at the end of the day increased to 7.7.