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Civil Engineering transforms for the future

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  • By Airman 1st Class Janelle Patiño
  • 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. --  Civil Engineers build and maintain Fairchild buildings to keep the base safe. It's no secret that Civil Engineer Squadrons are an important part of the Air Force.

In order for CE to continue leading the way, they are transforming and improving the way the Air Force provides infrastructure support to the weapon system platforms while meeting today's fiscal challenges.

"The transformation benefits the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron by rearranging several positions and functions to streamline our internal communication processes," 2nd Lt. Trent Lucas, 92nd CES requirements and optimizations officer in charge. "Ultimately, it allows us to provide a better product to our customers."

The transformation broke down one flight and added a new section that falls under the operations flight called the 'requirements and optimizations' section which was signed in 2012.

"This section will provide us with a valuable union of engineering expertise and technical experience to produce effective and efficient solutions for engineering problems in today's challenging fiscal environment," Lucas said. "We are also the only section that combines our technicians and licensed engineers."

This change is an effort initiated by the AF Civil Engineer Center in 2006 to streamline the methods with which CE supports the installations.

"Many of our customers will not be able to tell that our squadron has been through a transformation due to the excellent service that the men and women of the 92nd CES provide on a daily basis," he said. "However, the success of our transformation will be realized as we continue to provide excellent service while we undergo continuous budget and manpower reductions."

All AF CE is mandated to complete the said transformation by Oct. 1, 2013; however, Fairchild seems to be one step ahead.

According to Lucas, Lt. Col. Patrick Obruba, 92nd CES former commander, based his decision in applying the transformation ahead of schedule on the personnel they have and their flexibility as a squadron to adapt to the new standards.

"We started our transformation in Feb. 2013, eight months ahead of everybody else," said Lucas. "This is to ensure our squadron meets our deadline with no complications."