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The Bennett Federal Building is an eight-story office building constructed in the early 1960s. Big-D constructed a high-performance seismic upgrade, and renovated the main entrance, lobby, and parking structure. The building was seismically retrofitted with 344 unbonded braces manufactured by Nippon Steel. This state-of-the-art Buckling-Restrained Braced Frame (BRB) system saved more than $2.5 million and two months of construction duration. The aging precast exterior cladding was replaced with an attractive, blast-resistant, and energy-efficient glass and stone curtain wall system. Seismic upgrades also included additional footings, shear walls and reinforcement of the elevator core. The Bennett Building was among the first few projects of its kind in the country and the first federally owned building to use buckling-restrained brace technology. Challenges included PCB and asbestos abatement and construction on an occupied building. Big-D completed the renovations in only one year, with minimum disruption to the more than 600 tenants.

Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building Renovation &amp; Seismic Upgrades

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The Consolidated Fire, Safety and Security building is a new, LEED Silver certified emergency services center with consolidated dispatch and emergency response systems for both the fire station and military police. The Police Station includes a detention area with two holding cells, two isolation cells, three Army Standard D cells, breathalyzer rooms, interview rooms, and a booking room. The lobby is protected by bulletproof glass and the building is surrounded by a six-foot-tall chain link fence with barbed wire to secure the vehicular sally port for prisoner transfer, military police vehicle parking, and tactical equipment storage areas. The Fire Station includes an apparatus bay, living quarters, Station Chief offices, fire station support, and office and meeting space for the Directorate of Emergency Services and Military Administration. A 100-person training room is shared by the departments within the facility. The project also included an exterior tactical vehicle storage area and uninterruptible power supply units to protect critical functions, with a standby diesel generator and a redundant communication system.

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