Duncan Aviation today announced plans to build additional\nhangar space at its existing MRO locations in Battle Creek, Michigan (BTL), and\nLincoln, Nebraska (LNK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe demand for the safety and flexibility that business\naviation travel provides has continued to increase, as has the average size of\nbusiness aircraft,\u201d says Jeff Lake, President of Duncan Aviation. \u201cThis results\nin increased demand for the hangar space required to complete requested\nairframe, engine, interior, paint and avionics modifications for the business\naircraft fleet. Looking to the future, we know that in order to meet current\ncustomer requests and needs, Duncan Aviation will need more hangar facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company is working with long-time partner Tectonic\nManagement Group and is using the latest in green construction technologies to\nbuild at both locations a 46,000-square-foot hangar with 32-foot-high hangar\ndoors and an additional 62,000-square-foot, two-floor wing for storage and\nbackshops. The total expected investment for both LNK and BTL is approximately\n$66 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDuncan Aviation has consistently reinvested at least 80\npercent of its profits back into the company and its team members in the form\nof facility expansions and capital improvements,\u201d Lake says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sustainability features for the new hangars and buildings\ninclude light harvesting, radiant floor heating with energy-efficient boilers,\nLED lighting fixtures with sensors and automatic dimming, and more. Frank\nJacobsen, Vice President with Tectonic, says the buildings and systems will\nperform more than 25% better than standard energy codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Site preparation will be started this spring in both Battle\nCreek and Lincoln with completion in Michigan expected in the summer of 2023\nand in Nebraska in the fall of 2023, just a few months later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When construction is complete, Duncan Aviation will have\n769,000 square feet of hangar space and shop, office, and storage areas in\nLincoln. The Battle Creek location will have 443,000 square feet of hangar,\noffice, shop, and storage space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The increased footprint for aircraft projects will require\nthe addition of 65 to 75 team members at each location over a five-year period,\nLake says. Those jobs will include airframe technicians as well as positions in\ninterior, installations, engine, paint, and the support shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike Minchow, Chief Operating Officer of Duncan Aviation\u2019s\nLincoln location, says the new hangars will be the largest Duncan Aviation has\nbuilt to-date. \u201cWe are excited not only to be building additional hangars to\ngive us more room and greater flexibility in the near term but to continue to\ngrow with where the market is headed both in aircraft size and the number of\ninspections expected in the future. In addition, we are excited to create up to\n75 career opportunities for new team members in Lincoln and Battle Creek, and\nwe have already started to recruit team members to fill the additional\npositions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andy Richards, Chief Operating Officer of Duncan Aviation\u2019s\nBattle Creek location, says the expansion is a direct result of the excellent\nservice and support operators have received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver the past 66 years, Duncan Aviation has grown an\nincreasingly loyal and diverse customer base that depends on the quality\nservice and friendly customer experience provided by our teams,\u201d Richards says.\n\u201cThe expansion will increase our ability to attract even more customers to the\nDuncan Aviation family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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