'Like family'

Shortly after acquiring Graham Design Associates PA earlier this year, Lakeland's Lunz Prebor Fowler announced it will design an aircraft operations center for the NOAA Hurricane Hunters. And it will be done under a new name - The Lunz Group.

The 100,000-square-foot facility will be located at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, scheduled for completion by May. “These are the type of projects that we excel at,” says Brad Lunz, president of The Lunz Group. “There is a short timeline and complex logistics.

“It's definitely challenging, but Capt. Michael Silah (the commanding officer of the unit's aircraft operations section) said it best — the plan is crazy, but it's our kind of crazy — it embodies what we're doing.”