Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons | Architects & Engineers PA
In the Press
In the Press
BRAC. GDPR. AMF. COF. BCT. SOF.
Clarion-Ledger
Jackson, MS October 2007—What do these acronyms have in common? They all refer to the most comprehensive restructuring of the United States military since 1942. Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), Global Defense Posture Realignment (GDPR) and Army Modular Force (AMF) all refer to a shift in the structure of the American Armed Forces. Bases are being reconfigured and personnel, some from overseas, are being relocated. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates $12 billion and $13 billion of “essential construction” in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
The Jackson firm of Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons, Ltd. Architects & Engineers PA (CDFL) has designed and built many military structures with our contractor partners such as Company Operations Facilities (COF) for Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) and Special Operations Forces (SOF) in Mississippi, Georgia and Kentucky. Under the transformation guidelines, CDFL is required to meet strict deadlines and energy-saving / sustainability criteria. Complete integration of architecture, landscape architecture, mechanical and electrical engineering, planning and interior design services allows CDFL to deliver “No limits. Just solutions.”