Middle East Special
Forces Experience
Multiple members of the BOUW team worked together in the Middle East as part of a Special Forces Ranges Program to complete the following:
- Special Forces Facilities Feasibility Studies.
- Design Development and management of PMCA.
- Construction Management.
- Procurement and Schedule Management.
- Master Planning.
- Procurement and construction phases of the program.
- Configuration and planning of existing systems and structures to support the training, operations and capability development of the assets and force development.
Key responsibility is to establish an Operational & Facilities Management organisation to manage the estate, including Range Control organization, facility maintenance and logistics systems to support Special Forces estate and the new state of art:
- Weapons Ranges and Training Facilities including:
- 16 x 100m Indoor Fire and Movement Range IFMR (360 degree Range);
- 1 x 50m Indoor Fire and Movement Range IFMR (360 degree Range);
- 30 x 400m & 500m MTR and Sniper Ranges;
- 6 x 25m Ranges NDA,
- RCR – Room Combat Range
- 16 x Range Control Facilities
- Fire & Movement Ranges
- Battle Inoculation Range
- Demolition Range
- Virtual Simulation Range – VIRTSIM
- Combined Admin Facilities
- MOUT Facilities
- Climbing Rope Facilities
- Method of Entry Villas (MOE)
- Gas Mask Training Facility
- Search Facility
- Method of Entry House
- Maritime Counter Terror Facility
- Skills Villa / Urban Ops Village
- Aircraft Mock Up
- RTR
- Electronic target systems
- Audio visual equipment
- Communications network and infrastructure
- HVAC systems designed for contaminated environments.
Key experience and skills include:
- Ballistic Materials procurement, testing and commissioning
- Bullet Trap Design
- Polytonic Target Systems
- Range Policy standards and requirements:
- Line painting
- OHS Signage
- Fire exit
- Safety requirements for 360 degree ranges
- Range furniture
- Indoor Ranges Lead Management
- Whole of life design considerations
- Range Danger Area – Templates
- Polytronic Factory Acceptance Testing
- Thiessen Target System Installation and Commissioning
- Testing and commissioning of Polytronic Target Systems
- Weapon Systems training aids and range furniture procurement design
- Range technician training
- Ballistic testing protocols for:
- SACON
- Rubber Lamels
- Bullet Trap
- Rubber Lamels fire testing
- HVAC commissioning and airflow testing procedures
- Services and structure coordination for target systems
Related Projects
John Moroney Correctional Complex Range Peer Review
John Moroney Correctional Complex Range Peer Review BOUW were engaged by BGIS to complete a peer review of the range design and maintenance recommendations for
Middle East Special Forces Experience
Middle East Special Forces Experience Multiple members of the BOUW team worked together in the Middle East as part of a Special Forces Ranges Program
Lead management plan and range operational maintenance and governance Support
Lead management plan and range operational maintenance and governance Support BOUW were engaged by a specialist ballistic subcontractor for the certification of a steel decelerator
