Atkins

21. TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State)
Design-Build MATOC Tactical Equipment
Maintenance Facility (TEMF), Fort Benning, GA
a. PROJECT OWNER
USACE Savannah District
F. EXAMPLE PROJECTS WHICH BEST ILLUSTRATE PROPOSED
TEAM’S QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS CONTRACT
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
2011
23. PROJECT OWNER’S INFORMATION
b. POINT OF CONTACT NAME
Mr. Tim Corley
24. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND RELEVANCE TO THIS CONTRACT (Include scope, size, and cost)
Atkins provided A-E
services for the
design-build
development of a
$35.7 million
Tactical Equipment
Maintenance
Facility (TEMF)
complex at Fort Benning, GA. Atkins completed this work under a designbuild
MATOC with the USACE Savannah District.
22. YEAR COMPLETED
Project summary
Size: 157,400 sf
Project cost: $35.7M
Key project elements
• Architectural design
• Landscape architecture
• Civil engineering
• Project management
• Interior design
20. EXAMPLE PROJECT
KEY NUMBER 6
CONSTRUCTION (if Applicable)
2011
c. POC TELEPHONE NUMBER
912.652.5420
The TEMF complex includes a total of eight buildings: one large TEMF (78,700 gsf), one medium TEMF (35,300 gsf), and six
additional support facilities (13,000-gsf compact item repair shop, 4,200-gsf engine and transmission testing facility,
24,500-gsf paint and prep shop, 1,700-gsf bead blast facility, JP8 fuel dispensing facilities, and several petroleum, oil, and
lubricant [POL] and Hazmat buildings). Each TEMF contains several vehicle maintenance bays to service Abrams tanks and
Bradley fighting vehicles. The TEMF administrative areas are located on the second level and include administrative and
shop areas, training rooms, storage, secure communications rooms, bench repair areas, weapons vaults, and fluid storage
areas.
Atkins' scope of the work included architecture and interior design; civil structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing
engineering; LEED (Silver rating) documentation; and limited construction phase services. Atkins' site design included
pollution control and erosion control design, grading, stormwater systems, and all wet and dry utilities, to include water
and wastewater systems, fire protection lines, and connections for natural gas, electric, and communications systems.
Design and construction documents, developed with MicroStation V8 XM in conjunction with Bentley BIM software, were
provided in three separate packages: Package A -- civil and site development, Package B -- foundations and building shell
as well as underground MEP Package C -- balance of design, inclusive of interiors and LEED. Throughout the project, Atkins
designers created and updated Bentley BIM models of the project site infrastructure and facilities. Working with the
contractor, these models were integrated into a consolidated model that facilitated detailed constructability analyses. The
integrated model enabled the team to review the model and identify and resolve spatial clashes and conflicts between the
different design disciplines early in the process when such issues were easy to resolve. As subcontractors were brought on
board, shop drawing design details were integrated with the architectural and structural models. In addition to helping the
contractor and its subcontractors to better visualize the requirements, the updated BIMs facilitated communication
between design and construction team members.
All facilities were designed to provide a 25-year useful life prior to requiring renovations, as well as a 50-year building
replacement life. As a value-added feature, site infrastructure and related site improvements in support of the repair shop
mission were designed to provide the minimum 50-year maintenance and repair life cycle industry standard. Additionally,
the designs conform to appropriate antiterrorism/force protection (AT/FP), life safety, evacuation, and egress requirements.
Materials were selected based on best initial value, durability, economy, availability, constructability, and compatibility with
adjacent structures. The selected materials, textures, and colors are consistent with the Fort Benning Installation Design
Guide (IDG) and are appropriate to the facility, regional climate, architectural context, and location on the post.
Atkins' leadership/management of sustainable design to attain LEED compliance involved design that incorporated lowimpact
development strategies, aggressive stormwater management, specification of low-flow fixtures, and use of local
building materials, recycling, natural lighting, and ventilation. Atkins' mechanical design incorporated sustainable and
energy-efficient elements such as an insulated building envelope that exceeds code and American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) requirements. Atkins' design is registered in the LEED online
system and on track to attain LEED Silver certification for the project.
25. FIRMS FROM SECTION C INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT
(1) FIRM NAME (2) FIRM LOCATION (City and State) (3) ROLE
a. Atkins Miami, FL 1 ; Orlando, FL 2 1
Architecture; 2 MEP engineering; 1 project management
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