Overview
Lavastida Development Group (LDG), the firm behind Prime Architects, runs facility operations and maintenance at EPA’s Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center. The center houses EPA’s ground water and ecosystem restoration research programs. Services cover the building systems and equipment those programs use, excluding analytical instruments. The work is part of Prime Architects’ civic and government architecture practice for federal, state and local agencies.
Technical Scope
- Operations & Maintenance: Facility operations, maintenance and repair. Shop services in sheet metal, carpentry, machine work, pipe fitting, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, compressed air (vacuum) and general labor.
- Electrical / Life Safety: Maintenance of electrical, fire protection and life safety systems.
- Work management: Service request desk run in the Maximo CMMS.
- Renovations: Interior and exterior renovations under the contract.
- Physical Security: On-site security guard services with all labor, uniforms, badges, equipment and supervision.
- Custodial and grounds: Janitorial services; landscaping and grounds at the Kerr ERC and Gaar Corner, including irrigation, tree care, storm damage and snow and ice removal.
Project Data:
- Client / agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division
- Location: Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center and Gaar Corner facilities, Ada, OK
- Size: Approx. 79,200 SF in 10 buildings. Main campus (approx. 75,900 SF, 8 buildings): 50,800 SF four-floor main laboratory building; 14,000 SF Library-Computer-Conference wing; 6,720 SF Annex (pilot plant, shops, storage); 2,400 SF metal storage building; 1,020 SF grounds maintenance building; 662 SF chemical storage facility; 300 SF hazardous waste storage building; plus a maintenance building. Gaar Corner remote field site: 110 acres with a 2,100 SF lab building and a 1,200 SF shop building.
- Construction cost: $4,201,141 (contract value)
- Completed: 2017 – current
- Project type: Facility operations and maintenance services
- Facility condition: Active federal research laboratory
- Prime Architects role: Prime contractor as Lavastida Development Group (LDG): facility support, operations and maintenance
Relevant If Your Project Involves:
- Federal laboratory O&M
- Maximo CMMS
- Facility maintenance and repair
- Security guard services
- Grounds maintenance