General Contractor: CSI Construction
Square footage: approx. 8,391 sq. ft.
Status: Completed Winter 2010
This was another fire station for Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue in the West Linn area. The style of station 59 in the Willamette area was to match the buildings in the surrounding area. Station 58 on the other hand is located in a residential area and was not strict as station 59. Although the community was allowed input to the final design.
It was a 2-story structure and all wood construction. The second floor foot print is 9 feet smaller all around than the floor below. The walls for the second are supported on glulam beams which are then supported on columns down to the foundation. There is a beam line that runs north/south at the roof to support pre-manufactured press-plate trusses. The trusses were a mansard style and it created a well area for mechanical units to be placed and a solar panel on the roof. They also mounted a radio antena in this area. The east side the roof extended to the building edge below as to create a patio on the second floor.
Lateral forces from the roof diaphragm were taken out through shear walls on the second floor and transferred through drag struts and the second floor diaphragm. Beams/columns were sized to resist the lateral forces.
Most of the second floor framing used glulam beams. Over the apparatus bay steel wide flange beams were used which were supported on HSS columns to the foundation. The depth and cost of using glulam beams in this area got too deep and costly and they required as much clear height as possible to service the trucks and other equipment.
Because the project was built on a slight hill, extensive retaining walls were required to level the project site. A portion of the retaining wall system was not only designed for the soil pressure, but also the load from the trucks, as the drive way curved into the building. The construction took considerable time and in the end came out looking nice. A portion of them allowed for a planter near the street level.
Both this station and Station 59 replace existing stations. The capacity nearly doubled for Station 58 compared to the previous station.
In addition to Station 58 and 59, our office did Station 34 and Station 53 an several others.
This was another fire station for Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue in the West Linn area. The style of station 59 in the Willamette area was to match the buildings in the surrounding area. Station 58 on the other hand is located in a residential area and was not strict as station 59. Although the community was allowed input to the final design.
It was a 2-story structure and all wood construction. The second floor foot print is 9 feet smaller all around than the floor below. The walls for the second are supported on glulam beams which are then supported on columns down to the foundation. There is a beam line that runs north/south at the roof to support pre-manufactured press-plate trusses. The trusses were a mansard style and it created a well area for mechanical units to be placed and a solar panel on the roof. They also mounted a radio antena in this area. The east side the roof extended to the building edge below as to create a patio on the second floor.
Lateral forces from the roof diaphragm were taken out through shear walls on the second floor and transferred through drag struts and the second floor diaphragm. Beams/columns were sized to resist the lateral forces.
Most of the second floor framing used glulam beams. Over the apparatus bay steel wide flange beams were used which were supported on HSS columns to the foundation. The depth and cost of using glulam beams in this area got too deep and costly and they required as much clear height as possible to service the trucks and other equipment.
Because the project was built on a slight hill, extensive retaining walls were required to level the project site. A portion of the retaining wall system was not only designed for the soil pressure, but also the load from the trucks, as the drive way curved into the building. The construction took considerable time and in the end came out looking nice. A portion of them allowed for a planter near the street level.
Both this station and Station 59 replace existing stations. The capacity nearly doubled for Station 58 compared to the previous station.
In addition to Station 58 and 59, our office did Station 34 and Station 53 an several others.
