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FAA expansion on track
FAA expansion on trackBy Bill Walsh
Times-Democrat Staff Writer
The Federal Aviation Administration purchased the first site at Vint Hill after the former U.S. Army base was closed in the late 1990s, and while not the first Vint Hill tenant to expand, the FAA is doing so with panache.
The FAA is on schedule to award a construction contract in October, to break ground in mid-January, and to move 300 employees from Herndon to Vint Hill in March 2011.
The new $50 million, 60,000-square-foot, two-story building will essentially be attached to the FAA's existing 95,000-square-foot structure at Vint Hill.
"There will be an additional 300 employees, and I understand that they are going to be averaging between $130,000 and $140,000 [in annual salary]," Director Rich Reiss said last week. "They are essentially relocating the System Command Center — the FAA's 'brain trust' — from Herndon to here. "
The FAA's current Vint Hill employees manage the Terminal Radar Approach Controls for Dulles, Baltimore-Washington International, Reagan National, Andrews Air Force Base and Richmond airports. They are essentially responsible for air-traffic control up and down a large swath of the East Coast.
The System Command Center manages the tactical and strategic activities within the FAA. It was the agency responsible for landing thousands of aircraft in a matter of hours after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
For the complete story, see the July 30 Times-Democrat.
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