Edward Kirmse - Ed - Master Planning - RPLANS TAB

RUBICON PLANNING, LLC

MILITARY FACILITIES PLANNING

EDWARD J. KIRMSE

Email: ekirmse@rubiconplanning.com

Edward J. Kirmse graduated from the University of Virginia in 1989 with a BA in Rhetoric and Communications Studies.

Mr. Kirmse has completed the National Charrette Institute’s Complete Charrette Management Certification course.

Mr. Kirmse has over fifteen years of experience in facilities master planning support for the Army, Air Force and other federal clients. His experience includes requirements analyses, facility assessments, reutilization analyses, economic analyses, cost estimating, charrette facilitation and many other related tasks.

Mr. Kirmse has prepared or assisted in preparing a wide range of Army master planning products, including Long and Short Range Components, Capital Investment Strategies, Installation Design Guides, Tabulations of Existing and Required Facilities, and DD Forms 1391 and other project programming documentation. He has helped develop, field, implement and train users in standard Army planning systems such as FPS, RPLANS and ISR and has extensive experience in the use and application of these systems.

Mr. Kirmse assisted in the development, testing, implementation, fielding and user training of the Army’s Real Property Planning and Analysis System (RPLANS). RPLANS is an indispensable facilities planning tool used by Army planners at installations, Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Regions, and at Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) to help compute, track and resolve facilities excesses and deficits.

Mr. Kirmse participated in the development, testing, implementation and fielding of FASTRAC at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. FASTRAC was an R&K system designed to link RPLANS data to CADD data. As part of this project team, Mr. Kirmse conducted facility surveys, performed requirements analyses, and developed CADD drawings based on data collected during field surveys.

Mr. Kirmse was responsible for maintaining and updating the Army Criteria Tracking System (ACTS), and for preparing the system for its eventual migration to the Internet.

Mr. Kirmse has participated in or managed facilities master planning tasks, projects and contracts, including:

RPLANS TAB Updates

· Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

· Adelphi Army Laboratory Center, Maryland

· Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania

· Fort AP Hill, Virginia

· Fort Belvoir, Virginia

· Fort Drum, New York

· Fort Eustis, Virginia

· Fort Lee, Virginia

· Fort McNair, DC

· Fort Meade, Maryland

· Fort Monroe, Virginia

· Fort Myer, Virginia

· Fort Story, Virginia

· Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania

· Soldier Support Center, Natick, Massachusetts

· Walter Reed Army Medical Center, DC

· West Point, New York

Requirements Analysis / TAB Support

· Fort Bliss, Texas

· Fort Hood, Texas

· Fort Polk, Louisiana

Charrette / DD Form 1391 Support

· Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (consolidating the Air Defense Artillery and Field Artillery Schools)

· Asymmetric Warfare Group at Fort Meade, Maryland

· 1st Combat Support Brigade (ME) at Fort Polk, Louisiana

TAB Management Classes

· West Point, New York

· Fort Polk, Louisiana

Army Planning Projects

· Capital Investment Strategies for Vehicle Maintenance Shops, Physical Fitness Facilities and Chapels for Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter, Hawaii

· Army’s Focused Facility Strategy implementation for HQ DA, multiple installations

· Barracks Master Plan Site Surveys, multiple installations (CONUS and OCONUS)

· Tabulation of Existing and Required Facilities, Fort Stewart and Hunter AAF, Georgia

· Security Master Plan for USASOC Facilities at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

· Force Protection Master Plan for Fort Bragg, North Carolina

· Master Plan for the 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

· Master Plan for Range 29, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

· Analysis of Alternatives Study, Kahuku Training Area, 25th Infantry Division (L), Hawaii

· Summary Development Plan, Fort Eustis, Virginia

· Marketing and product survey for Range Targetry Systems for the US Army’s Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama

Air Force Planning Projects:

· Utilities Privatization Analysis, Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station and Air National Guard Base, Minnesota

· Utilities Privatization Analysis, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio

· Housing Privatization Analysis, Offutt AFB, Nebraska

· Housing Privatization Analysis, Moody AFB, Georgia

· Housing Privatization Analysis, Beale AFB, California

· Housing Privatization Analysis, Charleston AFB, South Carolina

· Dormitory Master Plan Site Surveys, multiple installations

· Airfield Obstructions Survey, Pope AFB, North Carolina

· Customer Concept Document, Consolidated Avionics Maintenance Facility, Pope AFB, North Carolina

· Customer Concept Document, Corrosion Control Facility, Pope AFB, North Carolina

· Sub-Area Master Plan, Los Angeles AFB, California

· Customer Concept Document, Library and Education Center, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina

· Area Development Plan, 5th Combat Communications Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia

Other Projects

· Installation Design Guide, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

· Master Planning Technical Manual (MPTM) for HQ IMCOM; authored or co-authored sections on Short Range Component, Capital Investment Strategy, Range and Training Lands, Programming and 1391 Documentation, Army Tools and others

· Special Installations Studies for HQDA ACSIM

· Government Cost Estimate Development for Physical Improvements to US Embassies for the US Department of State

· Site Plan for Fire and Rescue Station, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia

Email: ekirmse@rubiconplanning.com