C-17A Maintenance Facility
Providing the Royal Australia Air Force with unprecedented strategic airlift capability, C-17A Globemaster III aircraft provide critical logistical support for Australian Defence operations around the world.
Challenge
RAAF Amberley is home to the Australian Air Forceโs entire fleet of C-17As and Defence has identified the need for new facilities and infrastructure to better support aircraft maintenance and operational capability.
With C-17A maintenance currently conducted either on the RAAF Base Amberley flight line or its KC-30A Maintenance Hangar, the project will provide a dedicated hangar that is purpose-built for the aircraft, along with a new aircraft parking apron, multiple workshops and support areas.
The new maintenance hangar incorporates a telescopic docking system - a first for Australian aircraft maintenance. The flexible, unfixed machinery will not only help the RAAF to maintain the C-17s with ease and can be used to maintain most types of Defence aircraft.
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Solution
Drawing on our many years of experience contributing technical expertise and managing Defence projects all over Australia, RPS was engaged as the lead project manager for this $219 million program of works.
With complex technical, engineering and security requirements for the upgrade along with other works happening on base at the same time, the program has required expert program directorship and full-time project management support on the ground.
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Project management solutions for the RAAF
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Globemasters at RAAF Base Amberley
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C-17A takes off
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C-17A Maintenance Hangar at RAAF Amberley
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Workers using telescopic docking equipment to service aircraft
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