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Specifications

Architect — PIVOT Architecture
Completion Date — 2010
Project Cost — $61.5 million
Size — 52 acres; 150,000 square feet of building space
LEED® Status — Pursuing Gold
Services provided by BHE — Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Surveying, Lighting Design

EWEB Roosevelt Operations Center

BHE provided civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, surveying, and lighting design services for the creation of a new Operations Center for the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB).

EWEB sought to build highly sustainable facilities on the new site with the goal of achieving LEED Gold. The project includes development of 150,000 square feet of new space for the Water and Electric division fleet and operations support facilities. Systems included variable volume HVAC, condensing gas fired boilers, heating and chilled water hydronic systems, air cooled chillers with heat recovery, auxiliary air cooled chiller as a backup for the Data Center, water-cooled Data Center conditioning, solar water heating for both domestic and building heating, domestic water, waste, and vent plumbing systems, compressed air systems, shop area ventilation and heating (unit heaters and radiant floors), natural ventilation capabilities, DDC control system, primary and backup power, lighting and lighting controls, and a PV array.

The site is 52-acres in size and contained approximately 20 individual wetlands encompassing approximately 23 of the 52 acres. A primary goal in site development was to retain and enhance existing wetlands and create new, on-site wetlands to limit and mitigate the impacts of development and re-establish the site's historical wetlands. With this goal in mind, the storm water management system was designed to treat and convey all storm water through a system of vegetated swales which will discharge drainage to the enhanced and created wetlands, maintaining the wetland hydrology as well as providing some on-site storm water detention.

The project also includes an Eco Machine to collect and treat sanitary waste generated by the site and discharge effluent to be stored and re-used on site for either irrigation systems or toilet flushing.

Aerial photos courtesy Lease Crutcher Lewis