Local Project Spotlight: City of Wichita Falls Bus Maintenance Facility

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[["b"]],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"Firm:"],[0,[],0,"\n \n \n SLA Architects\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"Project: "],[0,[],0,"City\nof Wichita Falls Bus Maintenance Facility "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"Location: "],[0,[],0,"Windthorst\nRoad, Wichita Falls "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"Construction Completion Date: "],[0,[],0,"May\n2022"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"General Description:"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The\nTransportation Maintenance Center design was completed in January of 2020 by\nSLA. The project is located on the 2004 block of Windthorst Road in Wichita\nFalls, Texas. Once completed, this facility will provide storage and\nmaintenance facilities for the City\u2019s FallsRide bus system as well as Rolling\nPlains Management Corporation\u2019s (RPMC) SHARP Lines Rural Transportation."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The\nproject scope includes administrative offices for the City of Wichita Falls\nTransportation staff and RPMC staff, maintenance facilities, parking, both\ncovered and uncovered, for both organization\u2019s fleet, and bus washing area and\nfueling station. The site is designed to handle the capacity of as many as\nforty-three transit vehicles of various sizes. Access control and surveillance systems\nare utilized for both the site and all buildings."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The\n8,468 SF administrative building includes multiple offices for RPMC SHARP\nLines, FallsRide, Wichita Falls Metropolitan Planning Organization and the DAV\nChapter 41 staff, along with a shared conference\/training room, break room, and\nsecure vault. The design also includes a wellness room with fitness equipment\nand shower facilities. A dispatch office is located right off the lobby area.\nThe building is constructed with conventional steel framing with low\nmaintenance finishes like pre-finished horizontal metal wall panels, burnished\nCMU veneer and standing seam roof system. Even thought the City of Wichita\nFalls is under the 2006 International Energy Code, SLA strives to provide the\nbest facilities for our clients. Additional continuous insulation was added to\nthe walls to help provide a more efficient facility for the City. Deep covered\nporches were added to the east and west sides of the building to protect\nglazing from direct sunlight. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"\n \n \nAdjacent to the administrative building, and connected with a\ncovered walk, is the maintenance repair building. The 11,426 SF building\nconsists of seven drive-thru bays, parts and tire storage areas, mechanic\noffices, and mechanics work area. The structure consists of a pre-engineered\nmetal building frame with metal roof deck, ridged insulation and standing seam "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"metal roof system. The exterior\nfacades are clad in pre-finished horizontal metal wall panels and burnished CMU\nto match the administrative building. The interior walls of the bays are lined\nin metal wall panels so that the insulation is protected from wear and tear and\nthe bottom portion of the walls consist of durable CMU. Each bay has two\nmotorized sectional doors for ease of access. Natural light is able to enter\nthe work bays through windows in each sectional door and a translucent wall\nsystem located high on the north elevation. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"Project\nChallenges:"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The\nproject is sited on 7 acres of land just outside of the city. The biggest\nchallenge in designing the project was working with the over 10\u2019 of fall across\nthe site. The design team worked through several site layouts with the Civil\nEngineers and Contractor before settling on the final plan. The entire site\nplan was flipped, and Building B was rotated slightly to work with the existing\ncontours. This allowed the Civil Engineers to balance the cut and fill and\neliminated any need for retaining walls on the project, in turn saved the Owner\na substantial amount of money. "]]]]}