23,510 Square Feet

The Gunnison County Public Works facility is comprised of an administration wing, vehicle maintenance building, heated storage building, and a 6.2-acre equipment yard.  Designed alternates included an indoor vehicle wash bay, cold vehicle storage building and a 1.2-acre recycling facility to be developed on an adjacent lot.  The project also includes site development and selective landscaping on a a15.8-acre site in the Gold Basin Industrial Park, a former location of uranium mill-tailings which have been fully mitigated.

The facility was designed with sustainable attributes in mind.  These include daylighting strategies, roof slopes to provide natural snow melting, shedding for pedestrian safety, and the maintenance shop includes in-floor hydronic heating for occupant comfort.

Type of construction is wood framing in the administration wing and precast concrete with steel framing in the vehicle maintenance area.  Types of construction were chosen to encourage participation of local contractors and suppliers.  The building criteria also included equipment sizes and weights, which require a larger volume structure and clear-span.