ROSEBURG READINESS CENTER
OREGON MILITARY DEPARTMENT
ROSEBURG, OREGON 2015 THE ROSEBURG READINESS CENTER IS ONE OF MANY OREGON MILITARY DEPARTMENT (OMD) FACILITIES IN NEED OF UPDATING. THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1970'S USING CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL THE BUILDING. ONE KEY COMPONENT TO THIS FACILITY IS THAT UP UNTIL 2012, THERE WAS AN ACTIVE INDOOR FIRING RANGE. THE MAJOR PUSH FOR THIS RENOVATION WAS THE ABATEMENT OF ALL THE LEAD DUST IN THE FACILITY. THE PROJECT GOALS WERE TO BRING THE FACILITY UP TO CURRENT BUILDING CODE (MAINLY SEISMIC), CURRENT ENERGY CODE, AND A MAJOR DRIVE OF OMD IS TO TURN THEIR FACILITIES INTO NET ZERO PROJECTS SO THAT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, THEY ARE SELF SUFFICIENT AND CAN BE PLACES OF REFUGE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE IN. |
THIS FACILITY WAS REMODELED WITH THESE GOALS IN MIND. THE FACILITY HAD THE HVAC SYSTEM REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH AN ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEM. THE LEAD WAS ABATED FROM THE FACILITY. THE INTERIOR AND TO AN EXTENT, THE EXTERIOR, WAS RENOVATED. THE DRILL ROOM HAD HORRIBLE ACOUSTICS PRIOR TO THE RENOVATION AND WITH THE SYSTEMS PLACED WITHIN THE ROOM DURING CONSTRUCTION, CAN FUNCTION WELL. |
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