NCUCA Fall Conference

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John Harbison Deputy Director
Presentation to American Council of Engineering
Companies of NC May 18, 2009
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BRAC Changes at Fort Bragg and Pope AFB

• Ft. Bragg is already the largest Army post in the
  country
• Growing to more than 80,000 soldiers and
  employees.
• Includes BRAC actions, Army Transformation, and
  Grow the Army initiatives.
• U.S. Army Forces Command and Army Reserve Command
  Headquarters transfer from Atlanta in 2011.
• Pope AFB transfers to the Army in 2011.
• 440th Reserve Airlift Wing has relocated from
  Milwaukee to Pope AFB.

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Economic Impact Population
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Community Impact of Changes at Fort Bragg

• Population growth projecting 40,000 additional
  people
• Creates a shortage of schools, classrooms, and
  teachers
• Impact on housing, roads, airports, workforce,
  infrastructure, public safety, medical and
  quality of life
• A regional approach is essential to plan and
  prepare for the changes

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Critical Issues

• School Construction Shortfall
• 259 million requirement for 6,674 mission
  related students
• Closing Bragg Blvd and widening Murchison Road
• 85 million project is a security issue for
  FORSCOM/Ft. Bragg
• Extension of I-295 to All American Freeway
• 63.7 million to begin work on 270 million
  project

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Direct Economic OpportunitiesDue to Changes at
Ft. Bragg

• On Post over 2.2 billion in military
  construction during the next 5 years.
• 5 billion - 7 billion in the AADC
• Opportunities for prime contracts, partnerships,
  subcontracts, suppliers.
• Increased defense related business from in and
  out of state.
• Need additional hospitality, convention and
  meeting space.
• Office and warehouse space needed for
  contractors.
• Requires a skilled talent pool for defense
  related businesses!

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Community Impact of Changes at Ft. Bragg

• FORSCOM/USARC Headquarters will transfer
  approximately 3,000 positions from Atlanta in
  2011
• Senior decision makers that decide how to
  organize and equip the entire U.S. Army
• Manage more than 30 billion of DOD budget
• Hospitality requirements 20,000 visits a year
• Excellent workforce and economic opportunities
• Potential to attract new defense related industry
  and expand existing businesses

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New FORSCOM / USARC Headquarters

• Hensel Phelps awarded a 288.5 million design to
  build contract for a 500,000 sq ft facility for
  FORSCOM/USARC headquarters
• 220,000 sq ft additional space for IT and related
  functions
• Ground breaking ceremony conducted 8 Dec 08

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Economic Transformation Goals

• Define and establish a Defense Homeland
  Security (DHS) Industry in North Carolina
• Create partnerships and alliances between
  industry, universities and DOD programs.
• Promote and market the All American Defense
  Corridor to attract, build and expand companies
  in the region to create new high tech jobs
• Establish a North Carolina Center for Defense
  Homeland Security (DHS) as a Statewide Authority
  for assessing, coordinating and connecting DHS
  programs with North Carolina strengths

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Economic Transformation
All-American Defense Corridor

• Market and promote Southeastern North Carolina to
  attract new defense companies to the region.
• Emphasize our strengths
• Five major military installations
• World-class research development capabilities
• Motivated and skilled talent pool
• Outstanding quality of life
• Excellent transportation systems
• Objective is to establish a defense industry
  sector with high technology, high paying jobs

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Workforce Transformation
SUMMARY

• BRAC growth is already occurring.
• Biggest impact will be felt in 2011 and after.
• FORSCOM/USARC will be the catalyst for
  establishing a Defense HS industry in North
  Carolina
• All American Defense Corridor is attracting
  attention and defense related companies to the
  Ft. Bragg region
• NC Center for Defense Homeland Security will
  make NC more competitive

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Schools (K-12)Cost of Education
Cost of education for teachers, administration
and operating costs is approximately 7600 per
pupil per year259 million is needed for the
total cumulative regional cost of education over
five years for the 6,674 students related to
mission growth at Ft Bragg
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FTCC Partnership

• Invested 0.5M in the establishment of the
• Advanced Visualization and Interactive Digital
  Center
• and
• All American Center for Workforce Innovation
• in the Virtual College Center at FTCC
• Focused on the creation of high skill/ high tech
  jobs

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Workforce Demonstration Program

• Establishing an i3D Center of Excellence at FTCC
  in partnership with the BRAC RTF
• State of the art capabilities education and
  training
• Virtual network with i3D classrooms to link K-12,
  CCs and Universities with Industry Partners
• Used US DOL funds to purchase i3D classrooms for
  our 8 Community Colleges
• Golden Leaf funding received for 11 classrooms
  for pilot programs in one high school in each of
  our 11 counties