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Solid Waste Administration Building / Fire Training Tower


Tallahassee, Florida

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Client: City of Tallahassee

Size of Project: 2 Facilities / 18,000 sq ft

The Solid Waste Administration Building Renovation was a complete redesign and renovation of an existing facility. The scope consisted of the demolition of essentially the entire interior of the existing one-story facility, raising part of one end of the roof structural concrete double tees, installing some new structural walls and columns on the first floor, installing a new two-stop elevator and exterior stairwell, and constructing a new second story to the building. The project accomplished official LEED certification through the US Green Building Council’s LEED Certification Program, and was the first certified LEED project in the city receiving Silver Accreditation. This is a live six-floor fire training building, including a live elevator with a second secondary shaft with no cab. Construction includes high-strength masonry unit construction with hollow core slabs on each floor. The seventh floor is structural steel framed with a metal standing seam roof. Two stairwells, each constructed differently, functional windows, interior/exterior doors, shafts, and a live elevator provide this building with a variety elements for a realistic training environment.

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Florida CGC1518758

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Georgia GCQA00134

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South Carolina CLG122623

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