The 160,000sf Salt Lake Public Safety Complex houses the city’s police, fire and emergency operation departments, replacing the 50-year-old public safety headquarters nearby. For the first time, city dispatch for police and fire are combined, providing emergency services to residents more efficiently than ever before. The six-story facility has a two-story underground parking structure with 460 stalls. Additional features include multi-use spaces for public gatherings, a police and fire museum, and an outdoor plaza for large public festivals and events.

The building is designed to be completely operational after an earthquake up to a magnitude 7.5 from seismic dampers. The new LEED Platinum Public Safety Building is also designed to recover energy to create a "net-zero" energy balance with energy-efficient design, sophisticated monitors, solar panels, and a large solar array field west of the city. It also includes a solar canopy at the entrance to the facility.

The existing ASU Health Services facility had been remodeled and expanded various times. Okland’s first task was to demolish the oldest section of the building to make way for the new expansion. The project also required special coordination as it was located in the heart of campus, next to the historic Old Main and the University Club. 

At its completion, the project included a 19,000sf expansion and a 14,000sf renovation. The new facilities allow ASU to offer enhanced services including Urgent Care, Acute Care, Imaging, Women’s Services, and a Health and Wellness Center.

The Fort Lewis College Student Union Addition and Renovation is a LEED Gold Certified project and is one of the most sustainable and technologically advanced Student Union’s in the nation. The Okland project team successfully completed this project; it included an extensive site work package and the hiring of 75% local subcontractors.

The project was on a fast-track schedule and was broken up into multiple packages so that construction on the extensive site package could start while 100% CDs of the building could be completed. Our team worked in the heart of an active campus in a phased approach to complete the project while maintaing student and faculty safety and full operations of the dining facilities throughout construction.

The Student Union includes central campus dining and conference facilities, student group suites and leadership offices, lounges and meeting rooms, a movie theater/performance space, the central campus post office, and retail spaces. The project includes site work and a 40,0000sf Student Union addition and 60,000sf College Union building renovation. The Student Union is a concrete structure and includes a $2 million kitchen/cafeteria, CNC MDF casework, exterior cement rainscreen system, and solar water heating and photovoltaic power systems.

The Durango Public Library project was a high-profile, community-focused project. Okland was asked to come up with a project budget from very preliminary conceptual sketches. The budget was then taken to bond election; when approved, Okland was hired by the City of Durango to work with the architect and team through design and construction to get the project successfully completed within the original budget. With extraordinary teaming, we successfully completed the project within 3% of the the original budget (with additional scope added to include river trail fixes and a community garden). During the initial planning of the Durango Public Library, achieving LEED Gold certification didn’t seem feasible. However, when community members insisted, the city and library wholeheartedly plunged into creating Colorado’s first LEED Gold library. The new two-story, steel framed building is located on the past Mercy Hospital site along the Animas River and features aluminum sun-mitigation sunshades, self-adjusting shades, and an automatic lighting system that dims and brightens in response to the amount of daylight. The raised flooring above the electrical and ventilation will facilitate future changes. Additional features include RFID, self-service, and an automated materials handling system. While the library gives off a decidedly “homey” feel, with its two fireplaces and lots of wood, it comes equipped with numerous computers, a teen space that feels like a café, many different areas to read, Wi-Fi inside and out, and program rooms designed to flex for a variety of uses. The project achieved LEED Gold Certification.
 

The Papago Gateway Center is truly a one-of-a-kind facility, thoughtfully designed to accommodate leading-edge life sciences firms and corporate office users alike. Located at the heart of Tempe’s erupting biotechnology cluster, this top-notch, seven-story facility features more than 267,000sf of Class-A office space and specialized biotechnology/lab space.

The Papago Gateway Center is the City of Tempe’s first LEED certified office building and has been built in a manner that respects the environment and the health of its tenants. Papago was slated to receive a LEED Silver rating; however, our team was able to achieve a Gold Rating (one point shy of Platinum).

Highly efficient in its operations and design, the facility is enveloped in a double-skin louver system providing substantial shade and cooling efficiency. 

Design-Build of a new 2-bay flagship hangar for the Aircraft Maintenance & Regeneration Group in support of C-130, KC-135 and other aircrafts. The facility is the first of its kind on base and will be used to support Foreign Military Sales along with returning aircraft to DoD services and other federal and state agencies.

This project consists of a new 76,746sf high-bay hangar with a clear height of 52’ and clear span of 320’; able to house (2) C-130, (2) KC-135 or (16) F-16 aircraft.

The facility allows for the support of fuel cell work, aircraft jacking, landing gear removal and replacement, engine removal/installation, flight control rigging and Technical Order (TO) procedures required to survey and repair air frame distortion and warping. Additional support space includes; a Technical Order (TO) library, records storage, tool cribs, and equipment storage.

This high-visibility flagship AMARG hangar facility accommodates VIP visitors with a two-story administration section featuring an observation deck overlooking activities taking place on the clear span double-wide hangar floor.

Also included in the scope of the project were; grading, support utilities, a parking lot, entry drive, landscaping, interior finishes, and demolition of Building 7413 (13,438sf). The functionality of all support utilities in Building 7413 are required to be retained and re-homed to Building 7318. Support utilities include water, electricity, gas, sanitary and storm sewer, and communications/data cable, conduits and coordination.

As part of this project, five existing residence halls were demolished to clear the way for the new three-building, 300,000sf complex.

The new buildings are each three levels, above grade steel/CMU block structures. Each housing building ranges from 40 to 60 living units, lounges, gathering spaces, kitchenette spaces, work-out facilities, laundry rooms, meeting spaces, storage, building services areas, a convenience store, and a commercial kitchen. The mechanical system is a single pipe heat pump system. Finishes include carpet, laminate flooring, fritz tile flooring, millwork, and solid surfaces counter tops.

Each suite has two-to-three bedrooms with four-to-six residents in each. The suite’s bathroom is divided into a toilet room, shower room, and vanity room. Thethree3 buildings form a “quad” at the center. The quad is beautifully landscaped and includes such amenities as a fire pit, walking paths, barbecues, bike racks, and a sand volleyball court. Convenient student parking is located at the outer ring of the housing area.

Originally planned for a 15-18 month construction duration, it was decided by BYU administrators, Okland/Span Construction, donors, and alumni to condense the schedule to 12 months. There were various obstacles to the 12-month fast-track construction schedule, including a two-month delay caused by harsh weather conditions. Okland/Span Construction Joint Venture was able to meet the deadline in the remaining 10 months, and the new facility was dedicated on time.
 
The new facility is considered by BYU to be the gateway of the University as it greets visitors at the campus’ main entrance. Beyond the front doors, the main floor houses a small theater as well as exhibits on the history of Brigham Young University and the life of the building’s namesake, Gordon B. Hinckley, previous President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The upper floors of the building feature office and meeting space for Alumni programs. Throughout the structure are various meeting rooms, several of which feature moveable walls and fluctuating spaces that may be configured to accommodate more than 500 people.

The 41,400sf multi-use building features classrooms, assembly rooms, faculty offices, and building support spaces on two levels. It is also home to the business management, hospitality and tourism management, and accounting departments. 

The multi-use building structural system is a steel moment frame construction with steel deck and joists with concrete floors. The building skin is stucco on steel studs.