Kleinfelder led the LEED Gold design for this BRAC-funded, fast-track Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) in Middletown, CT. This ACEC award-winning design-build project, completed in 19 months, included a 164,000 square-foot AFRC and a 35,000 square-foot vehicle maintenance shop (VMS) on a challenging 42-acre site.

INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Kleinfelder evaluated the initial design for a three-story facility on a steeply sloping site with wetlands. Our architects created a four-story design, reducing the building footprint and minimizing excavation and disturbance to adjacent wetlands. This LEED Gold design included net zero storm water flows, renewable energy components, and efficient HVAC and building envelope designs.

FAST-TRACK BIM-BASED DESIGNKleinfelder led design charrette partnering sessions with 11 USAR and CTARNG companies and battalions, USACE, and the general contractor to determine end-user mission needs. We integrated design and construction staff from the initial conceptual design through construction using building information modeling (BIM) to coordinate design disciplines and construction trades. This helped avoid clash delays during construction, expedite the BRAC-mandated schedule, and enable the USAR and National Guard to occupy the 200,000 square-foot facility in just 19 months after Notice to Proceed.

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Armed Forces Reserve Center LEED Gold Design

Army Reserve’s first green roof Solar hot water panels atop AFRC roof

Location:Middletown, Connecticut Construction Cost:$54 million

Owner:US Army Corps of Engineers

PROJECT RESULTS

As the designer of record,

Kleinfelder’s LEED Gold design

of this 200,000 square-foot AFRC

improved the facility's mission

and energy/water sustainability

while reducing construction costs

$10 million below government

estimate. Our innovative design

provided no-cost betterments

including a green roof, solar

hot water, and photovoltaics, all

within a “LEED Silver budget.”

Our integrated design-build

team used BIM to successfully

fast-track the design and

construction, completing the

project in only 19 months.