Architecture

McCarty Fleet Maintenance Facility Service Center

Huitt-Zollars provided architectural and engineering design services for the preparation of the program and schematic design for a new LEED-Silver certified Fleet Maintenance Facility at the existing McCarty Service Center. The 24,000-square-foot facility includes ten truck/tractor maintenance bays with lifts and overhead crane, a chassis wash facility, welding, tire, and fabrication shops, storage rooms, offices, conference rooms, break room, restrooms, parking areas, landscaping, and detention pond. Huitt-Zollars prepared a Storm Water Quality Plan and

Japhet Fleet Maintenance Facility Service Center

Huitt-Zollars provided architectural and engineering design services for preparation of the program and schematic design for a new LEED-Silver certified Fleet Maintenance Facility at the existing Japhet Service Center. This 45,000-square-foot facility includes sixteen automotive and ten truck maintenance bays with lifts and overhead cranes, a chassis wash facility, storage rooms, administrative offices, conference rooms, parking areas, landscaping, and detention pond. Huitt-Zollars prepared a Storm Water Quality Plan and secured the SWQ Permit from the Ci

9 MGD Surface Water Treatment Plant

Huitt-Zollars, as a consultant, provided civil engineering, architectural design, interior design, and landscape architecture for the $69 million plant, one of the City of Sugar Land’s largest Capital Improvement Projects ever. Huitt-Zollars provided design services for the entire 40-plus-acre site, pump station buildings, maintenance building, sludge dewatering building, chemical building, main electrical distribution building, and membrane/administration building.

Bus Maintenance Facility

In an effort to update the City’s bus maintenance and service facilities built in the 1920's, the FWTA retained Huitt-Zollars to provide complete architectural and engineering services. The renovated 15-acre complex encompasses an administrative center, vehicle maintenance structure, body shop, and service, wash, and yard maintenance buildings. Huitt-Zollars’ contract included schematic drawings, detailed A/E designs, contract plans and specifications, and equipment layouts, while supervising all construction activities to ensure a quality finished product.

Wadsworth Parking Structure

Huitt-Zollars was responsible for preparing conceptual and preliminary design drawings for two parking structures to serve RTD’s West Corridor Light Rail Line, currently under construction. The work elements included site planning, roadway, utility, and drainage design, building architecture and structure design, landscaping and urban design, public involvement and agency coordination. The Wadsworth structure is a 1,000-space garage.

Transit Centers and Downtown Trolley Bus Circulator

Huitt-Zollars provided design services for the expanded bus stop facilities located at the new baseball park, Convention Center, Myriad Gardens parks, and Federal Building Bombing Memorial. In addition, Huitt-Zollars provided architectural and engineering services for the design and construction of new monuments and kiosks at 26 stops along the route. The new monuments reflect the design elements of the downtown area and easily identify the trolley system. Several new information kiosks were designed with automated systems and touch screen and real time schedule display capabilities.

Midtown Livable Centers Study

The study evaluated public realm and land use conditions in a 64-block area centered around the HCC/Ensemble light rail station on the Main Street line. It developed a vision and recommendations for improvements of the public realm, aimed at supporting and encouraging increased pedestrian and commercial activity, as well as increased residential land use. The goal of the study is to identify an overall strategy for the neighborhood with viable and prioritized projects.

Downtown and East Downtown Houston Livable Centers Study

This study included economic strategy, market analysis, public involvement, planning, and architecture for a Livable Centers Study focusing on an 11 x 16 block in Downtown & East Downtown Houston. It addressed the need to increase private and residential development; create walkable, mixed-use places; increase transportation and economic growth while improving the quality of the environment. A long-term plan was created along with a roadmap to strengthen and link the existing centers of activity with the study area.