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by | Jun 13, 2025

A look at the United States Air Force Academy's new cyber innovation center in Colorado Springs.

 Madera Cyber Innovation Center in  Colorado Springs, Colorado

PROJECT | Madera Cyber Innovation Center
GENERAL CONTRACTOR | Bryan Construction
CLIENT | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
LOCATION | Colorado Springs, Colorado
SCOPE | Situated in the historic cadet area of the U.S. Air Force Academy, the Madera Cyber Innovation Center boasts 48,800 square feet of state-of-the-art workspace across four stories. The facility features a free-floating, self-supporting curvilinear staircase crafted with nearly four months of precise work on cast-in-place concrete. Its structural glass wall system is comprised of massive panels measuring seven feet wide by 13 feet tall, each weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. More than 29 miles of cabling were installed during the renovation to support extensive communications and technology infrastructure.

The center is home to Air Force CyberWorx, the Department of Computer and Cyber Science and the Institute of Future Conflict.

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