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He was also involved in establishing centralized procurement
of furniture
for unaccompanied housing, providing a uniform level of quality and durabil- ity across the Army and reducing the amount of money the Army spends on furniture. His work has taken him to physical fitness facilities in Germany, DOD schools in Puerto Rico and plan- ning meetings in Alaska, as well as sites across the United States for a wide vari- ety of projects. He credits his career longevity to that diversity and to the sat- isfaction of a job well done.
“I think what is most memorable for me now are the facilities that were built in the last 10 years to the standards I devel- oped,” Clark said. Around 2000, he was involved in a complete overhaul of the standard design for physical fitness facili- ties, providing uniform criteria, guidance and conceptual plans similar to those found in college and municipal fitness facilities.
Following the revision, he took part in the design and construction of the Aquat- ics Training Center at Fort Bliss, Texas, working with the design-build contractor, users and the Little Rock District of the Corps of Engineers. It’s not exactly your dad’s gym: Te center has three different
pools—with color-changing LED bulbs for the underwater lighting—as well as a half-court basketball court and a rock climbing feature with waterfalls. “I find it very rewarding to visit those facilities now that they’re completed—to hear all of the positive feedback and to hear from the facility managers how popular the new facility has become, mainly due to a number of the features that I incorpo- rated within my standards.”
One of the biggest changes he has seen over the past four decades is in technol- ogy. “We used to draw on Mylar sheets using plastic lead in our mechanical pencils. Everything was done by hand.” Clark was one of the first architects in the Corps to use computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) when the organ- ization introduced it in the mid-1980s, and he used CADD to create the first standard designs. “In fact, to make the drawings look better, I created the drawings on CADD and the [text] on a word-processing type of computer, and stuck the text onto the drawings with clear sheets.”
Te other noteworthy change Clark has seen is the role of the architect in USACE.
“When I started back in the Tulsa [Okla- homa] District in 1982, they had just
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Clark reviews architectural drawings at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. (Photo by Debra Valine, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Public Affairs)
created the architectural section, and we only had one or two licensed architects. Te role of the architect within USACE at that time was also not well-known or defined. Over the years, the value of the architect to a product team has become much more apparent and accepted.”
In spring 2016, he applied for a tempo- rary promotion to serve as chief of the newly formed Interior Design Branch in the Civil Structures Division at Hunts- ville. Over the summer, he applied for the permanent position and got the job. Te new role represents a big change, managing nearly 30 interior designers and handling architectural designs, cri- teria and review, but it is one that Clark takes on without hesitation.
“When I started here, architecture wasn’t a common profession within the Corps. Over my years here, I have helped grow the role. Now I feel it’s time for me to give back. Interior design has not had a predominant role in the Corps, and I’m really committed to this great group of designers and to changing that culture, like the architects did.”
—MS. SUSAN L. FOLLETT
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