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The team of Sundt Construction and RNL/MDG was selected through a design-build competition to provide comprehensive planning, full A/E design and construction services for the West Operating Facility designed to operate, maintain, and service a fleet of 250 buses. The facility includes administrative offices, operations facilities for over 500 bus operators, a bus maintenance building, bus canopies, and a full LNG/CNG/diesel fueling center with fare retrieval and bus wash.

One of the client’s primary desires was to have all bays in the maintenance building designed to be drive-thru bays, and to have all employees in close proximity to each other, which required that the design team develop a unique design solution. The result is a three-building complex consisting of an Administration/Operations Building, the Fuel/Service Facility, and the Bus Maintenance Building. The uniqueness of the design emerged as the maintenance building was designed with 100% drive-thru maintenance capability by having all bays accessible from a central circulation spine, with overhead doors at the end of each bay to permit the buses to exit the building without any backing maneuvers. This facility is the first large-scale bus operations facility anywhere in the US designed to operate without any backing maneuvers, which will enhance safety throughout the entire site.