United States
project
Monroe County Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
This project consisted of the brand-new construction of a 25,799 square foot, two story building hurricane hardened, federally funded Emergency Operations Center, located on the west end of Marathon Airport property. The elevated two-story cast in place concrete structure (over parking) serves the Sheriff’s 911 Call Center, the Fire Rescue Administration, and other Emergency Management Facilities. As designed, the building provides near absolute life safety protection against hurricane wind speeds to serve the first responders, emergency managers, and other disaster staff that must remain behind in the event of a hurricane impacting Monroe County.
This building was designed to meet and/or exceed FEMA’s requirements for a “safe room” to meet the FEMA P-361 Design and Construction for Community Safe Room’s guidance to provide “near-absolute protection.”, as well as ICC 500 standards.
The building structure includes precast concrete beams and columns with a site-cast panel system and the roof was designed as cast-in-place concrete that meets all standards for shelters. Storefront glazing tested for missile impact level compliant with Florida Building Codes was required. Emergency back-up power is provided by a two (2) generator load-sharing arrangement, ensuring full functionality of the EOC, and an uninterrupted power supply for the facility including the emergency (911) call system. The runtime for the generator system is calculated to be 96 hours at the designed electrical demand load. The generator(s) are protected against a 500-year flood event by implementing specific activities or by locating the generator(s) outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) and are protected against wind with a rated enclosure based on its location requirements.
It also includes site development with drainage necessary components (storm drainage piping, inlets, water detention areas, etc.) to meet rain load requirements in compliance with FEMA 361 section B7.2.4 Rainwater Drainage.
COMPANY
sectors
Client
Monroe County Board of County Commissioners<
Location
Marathon, FL
Architect
Architects Design Group
SF
25,799