July
2002--Monroe County's Department of Environmental Services
is consolidating multiple public works departments onto one site.
The project is called the "Monroe County Inter-Agency Public
Works Facility". If the name of the project and the difficulties
associated with combining eight (8) departments together aren't
complex enough, consider then the site selected. The selected
site is the abandoned Gates-Chili-Ogden Sewage Treatment Plant.
The goal of Monroe County's DES
Director, John Graham, P.E., is to provide highly efficient Public
Works services and operations in a modernized facility. The new
site was designed to be functional, yet aesthetically pleasing
due to the number of businesses and high-profile corporations
located near Rochester's International Airport.
In order to achieve these goals,
the architecture and engineering design team identified the design
challenges faced and split the scope of work into workgroups.
Under a tight schedule, both architectural and engineering workgroups
worked concurrently to meet the target dates.
The project's architectural and
engineering challenges have been extensive throughout the design
and development stages. Typical issues which had to be overcome
included, completeing design in a tight schedule, meeting the
needs of all agencies involved, conquering obstacles within the
existing site foundation and overcoming challenges of re-using
a site that previously housed a sewage treatment plant.
One of the Public Works Facilities
occupants is the Great Rochester International Airport. The design
team planned a secured storage area for large runway maintenance
equipment which also needed to have secured access to the airfield.
Coordination with the FAA was crucial to address security measures
for in and around airport property.
The redevelopment of the Gates
Chili Sewage Treatment Plant for an Inter-Agency Public Works
Facility was an inviting challenge. Overcoming the design obstacles
challeneged the design team to think out-of-the-box. This was
successfully accomplished by a dedicated team of professionals
who saw this complex project through to a triumphant accomplishment.
The final design of this project
represents the epitome of efficiency, land reclamation and re-use.
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