PROJECT  City of Suffolk Public Utilities Headquarters

LOCATION  Suffolk, Virginia, 

PROJECT COMPLETION DATE  6/1/2014

ARCHITECT  Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP

ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT  

OWNER/CLIENT  City of Suffolk Public Utilities

CONTRACTOR  Conrad Brothers, Inc

PHOTOGRAPHER  Alain Jaramillo

DESIGN TEAM  David McCormick, Timothy Duke, Frederick Hiser, Charles Profitt

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

The headquarters for the City of Suffolk’s Public Utilities is a combination building and a revamped pre-engineered warehouse that consolidates the entire agency on a secure 16 acre site. The new 53,750 SF complex is comprised of offices, conference rooms, a training/multi-purpose room that has after-hours public access, crew support areas, and locker rooms. The warehouse contains shops for maintenance personnel, equipment storage, and a truck wash. Additional new structures around the site include a covered fueling station, storage for vehicles, equipment, and site materials. In order to create a dialogue between the new administration and remaining warehouse, a dynamic single sloping mass was developed for the office building. Not only does it give a presence to the one story component, it also provides roof top equipment screening from Benton Road. The mixture of the refined ground-faced block and smooth white metal panels with the corrugated galvanized siding represent the program mix of administration and utility, and adds intermediate scale and interest to the simple forms. The facility was designed as the first in a series that brand the City of Suffolk’s public buildings.

IMAGE CAPTIONS & CREDITS

IMAGE 1  City of Suffolk Public Utilities Headquarters_high rest ext, Department of Public Utilities Headquarters, @2014, Alain Jaramillo

IMAGE 2  City of Suffolk Public Utilities Headquarters_high res int, Reception Lobby, @2014, Alain Jaramillo

IMAGE 3  Suffolk DPU 003, Open Breezeway Between Shops & Offices, @2014, Alain Jaramillo

IMAGE 4  Suffolk DPU 002, Main Entrance, @2014, Alain Jaramillo

IMAGE 5  Suffolk DPU 001, Southeast Corner, @2014, Alain Jaramillo

IMAGE 6  Suffolk DPU 004, Fuel Island, @2014, Alain Jaramillo

IMAGE 7  Suffolk DPU 005, Lounge, @2014, Alain Jaramillo

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