Road Commission Qualifications

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Firm Introduction

Who We Are

Hobbs+Black Architects is a nationally recognized firm serving a diverse group of clients since 1965. Over 70 professionals provide architectural, design, and related consulting services from our offices in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Phoenix

As one of the Top 300 Architecture Firms nationally as reported by Architectural Record (2019), our diversified practice meets design challenges that often require extensive research and innovation Our diversity and flexibility make us uniquely qualified to solve complex problems with minimal resources and within stringent time lines As a full-service architecture firm we provide our clients with complete service from study to construction administration including:

Facility Audit and Site Analysis

Master Planning

Relocation Management

Site Planning, Design, and Zoning

Facility Programming

Cost Estimation

Space Planning

Architectural Design

Interior Design and Procurement

Signage Design and Implementation

Contract Document Development

Post Completion Evaluation

Our Process

1 3 2 4

Project Initiation & Programming

Kickoff

Align stakeholders, define goals, review facility scope

Needs Assessment

Interview staff, assess operations, inventory equipment

Site Evaluation

Analyze sites, plan circulation and logistics

Space Programming

Define space types, sizes, and adjacencies

Schematic Design (SD)

Conceptual Layouts

Site plan: circulation, entry/exit, materials yard, security fencing

Floor plans: administration, maintenance bays, support spaces

Initial Systems Planning

Civil: Grading, utilities, stormwater

Structural: Bay spans, crane/hoist loads

MEP: Heating (e g , radiant slab), ventilation (shop exhaust), lighting, water

Cost Estimation (Order of Magnitude)

Develop a budget based on early concepts

Design Development (DD)

Refined Plans & Systems

Integration

Detailed building layout with finalized adjacencies

Systems coordination between architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural elements

Specialized systems: overhead doors, oil separators, trench drains, lube systems

Material & Equipment Selections

Durable finishes and systems for heavy-duty use

Snow- and salt-resilient site and building components

Energy & Sustainability Goals

Consider radiant heating, daylighting, efficient ventilation, solar potential

Stormwater management per environmental regulations

Updated Cost Estimate

Construction Documents (CD)

Full Construction Drawings & Specifications

Permit-ready documents for bidding and construction Coordination of all engineering disciplines (A/M/E/P/S/Civil)

Bid Package Preparation Front-end specifications, bidding forms, and procurement documents

Permitting & Bidding

Authority Approvals

Submit plans for zoning, building, and environmental permits

Contractor Bidding Support

Issue for Bid (IFB) set

Respond to bidder questions, issue addenda, and assist in bid evaluation

Construction Administration

Construction Oversight

Review submittals, shop drawings

Conduct site visits and progress meetings

Respond to RFIs and issue clarifications

Punch List & Close-Out

Final inspections and system commissioning

Turnover of as-built drawings and O&M manual

Post-Occupancy Evaluation (Optional)

Facility Review

Conduct walkthroughs with staff

Gather feedback on performance, efficiency, and sustainability

Project Listings

Allegan County Road Commission

Allegan, MI

Maintenance Fabrication and vehicle parking

facility, New Main Yard, New Shelbyville

Maintenance Garage

Ann Arbor Transportation Authority

Ann Arbor, MI

Office area houses

Garage and storage area

Maintenance

Berrien County Road Commission Baroda, MI

New Maintenance Facility

Benton Harbor, MI

Office Renovations

Branch County Road Commission Coldwater, MI

Facility Assessment

Calhoun County Road Commission Battle Creek, Albion, & Marshall, MI

Facility Assessment

City of Mason DPW Facilities Mason, MI

New DPW Facilities

Clare County Transit Corporation

Clare, MI

New Facility

Renewable Green Systems

Clinton Area Transit System

St. Johns, MI

Addition, Renovations, and Site Improvements

Clinton County Road Commission St Johns, MI

Maintenance Garage Cold Storage

Eaton County Road Commission Vermontville, MI

Renovation

Genesee County Road Commission

Flint, MI

New Metro Garage Facility, Fuel Island, & 2500 Ton Salt Barn

Gladwin County Road Commission

Gladwin, MI

Administrative & Maintenance

Garage Renovations & Additions

Ingham County Road Department

Mason, MI

Feasibility Study

New Storage Building, Administration Building, and Shop Building Renovations

Kalkaska County Road Commission Kalkaska, MI

Facilities Assessment & Space Utilization

Kent County Road Commission Grand Rapids, MI

New Central Complex, Fuel Island, Wash Bay, Salt Barn with Vactor Dump

Mason County Road Commission

Mason, MI

Facility Assessment

MDOT - Fennville Facil

Fennville, MI

Maintenance Garage Improvements & Additions

Saginaw County Road Commission

Saginaw, MI

Administration Building Interior Renovations

SMART Procurement Department

Clinton Township, MI

Lake Erie Transit Office Expansion

Washtenaw County Road Commission

Ann Arbor, MI

WR Wheeler Service Center

Master Plan & Audit

Kent County Central Complex

Kent County Road Commission | Grand Rapids, MI

Scope

Central Complex Cost Construction Cost: $41 2 million

Schedule

Phase 1: September 2021

Phase 2: June 2023

Construction Manager

Owen-Ames-Kimball Company

Awards

2024 Project of the Year by APWA - Michigan Chapter

AIA Huron Valley Merit Award

ABC Excellence in Construction

CAM Project of the Year

References

Erik Easterly

Project Engineer

Kent County Road Commission 248 818 0718

Kent County Road Commission (KCRC) is the second largest road commission in Michigan, serving 21 townships and more than 660,000 residents. KCRC purchased a 29-acre parcel in the Walker View Industrial Park to build a new headquarters as well as a garage/storage building. They had outgrown their Central Complex facility, built in 1924, and had no room to expand.

The new Main Central Complex consisting of a: 25,000-square-foot administration office building

135,000-square-foot vehicle parking & maintenance garage

6,000-ton salt barn

5,500-square-foot vehicle wash building

18,500-square-foot storage building fueling station with canopy

New Maintenance Garage & Storage Building

Clinton County Road Commission | St. Johns, MI

Scope

New Maintenance/Vehicle Parking Garage, Administrative Offices and Warm Storage Building

Cost

$18.8 million

Schedule

Completed: December 2023

Consultants

Civil: NF Engineers

Structural: JDH Engineering

M/E/P: Matrix Engineering

IT/AV: Commtech

Reference Doug Steffen

Managing Director

Clinton County Road Commission

989.668.0030

steffend@ccrc-roads.com

The Clinton County Road Commission is replacing its outdated facility with a new 75,750-square-foot

Maintenance/Administration building and a 12,000-square-foot Warm Storage Building. These upgrades will protect equipment, reduce maintenance costs, and allow future expansion, including a Fuel Island and Vehicle Wash Building.

Northeast Service Center

Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC)| Ann Arbor, MI

Scope

Master plan and new service center

Full A/E Services (site, civil, landscape, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) for a general contractor hard bid project

Services include site/building programming, site survey, brine well geologic evaluation, planning, bid documents, coordinated bidding, bid evaluation, plan reviews, soil borings, and construction coordination/administration services

Consultants

Civil: NF Engineers

Structural: JDH Engineering

M/E/P: Matrix Engineering

Reference Adam Lape

Director of Operations

Washtenaw County Road Commission 734 3276697 lapea@wcroadsorg

Cost

$7 3 million

Schedule

Design: 2017

Construction: Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

Site Redevelopment & Improvements / Master Plan

Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC)| Ann Arbor, MI

Scope

Master plan and facility assessment

Cost

$36 2 million (estimated)

Schedule

Phase 1 Salt Barn: Construction CompletionMay 2024

Consultants

Civil: NF Engineers

Structural: JDH Engineering

M/E/P: Matrix Engineering

Reference Adam Lape Director of Operations

Washtenaw County Road

Commission

734.327.6697

lapea@wcroads.org

The WCRC Main Yard facilities were all at or very near the end of their useful life with the exception of their administration building Therefore, the Board was looking to create a new master plan for the campus that would better utilize the site, its buildings, and provide future operational efficiencies as well as identify potential excess property that could be monetized to assist in funding the work. The outcome of the programming effort by the Hobbs+Black/WCRC team created a master plan that addressed programmatic goals, maintains operations during construction activities, as well as phasing the project to make it financially feasible without necessitating the sale of any property

Metro Garage

Genesee County Road Commission | Flint, MI

Consultants

MEP: Matrix Engineering

Structural: JDH Engineering

Civil: Nowak & Fraus Engineers

Schedule

Design: Summer 2023

Completion - Fall 2024

Size

25,856 sf

Reference

Eric Johnston

Managing Director

Genesee County Road Commission

810 767 4920

ejohnston@gcrc org

Cost

$9 8 million

Scope

New Metro Garage Facility, Fuel Island, & 2500 Ton Salt Barn

GCRC’s Metro District Maintenance Garage currently operates out of their main facility at 211 W Oakley, in the City of Flint, which lacks capacity for this districts garage and storage facilities GCRC had known for some time that relocation of this district garage would be necessary to expand operations and serve this district more efficiently Due to this foresight, GCRC purchased eight (8) parcels in the Genesee Township Industrial Park located along Energy Drive The property provides a centralized location within this district, easy access to state trunk lines and the area necessary for material storage.

Master Plan, Garage, & Administration Building

Allegan County Road Commission | Allegan, MI

Schedule

Design: Summer 2015

Construction: Spring 2016

Size

79,000 sf total

68,000 sf maintenance

11,000 sf administrative

Consultants

MEP: Matrix Engineers

Scope

Maintenance/fabrication and vehicle parking facility

Administrative office building

Cost

$7.8 million

269.673.2184

catwood@allaganroad.org

The Allegan County Road Commission project includes construction of a new, approximately 68,000-square-foot maintenance/fabrication and vehicle parking facility. This new facility includes two services bays, maintenance bays, welding bays, sign shop, men’s and women’s lockers, storage room, tire storage, two wash bays, and vehicle parking for forty tandem axle plow trucks, plumbing systems with low flow fixtures, and electronic sensors to reduce water consumption

Hemlock Master Plan & Site Redevelopment

Saginaw

County Road Commission | Saginaw, MI

The master plan for the Hemlock Yard will involve a phase approach. Phase I will be the construction of the new salt barn. Demolition of the existing salt barn will take place after the new salt barn is completed.

Phase II will be the demolition of the existing vehicle parking building and salt barn, followed by the construction of the new vehicle parking and maintenance facility. The new building will allow for all of the vehicles assigned to this facility to be parked inside.

Scope

Phase I: New salt barn construction

Phase II: Vehicle parking and salt barn demolition, new vehicle parking and maintenance facility

Cost

Construction Budget: $5.75 million

Salt Barn: $1.65 million (total)

Maintenance Garage: $7.4 million (total)

Size

Salt Barn: 3,000 tons + 2 lean-tos + 2 20,000 gal brine tanks

Maintenance Garage: 32,000 sf

Schedule

Construction:

Salt barn: 2024

Maintenance garage: 2026

Consultants

MEP: Matrix Engineers

Structural: JDH

Civil: Nowak & Fraus

Reference Dan Medina Director of Maintenance

Saginaw County Road Commission 989.399.3773 medinad@scrc-mi.org

Salt Barn

Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC)| Ann Arbor, MI

Scope

New 6,000-ton salt barn with 25’ deep Lean-to’s on both sides (4) 15,000-gallon brine tanks and equipment for liquid distribution The new salt barn allows for plow trucks to drive thru and be loaded undercover that maintains vehicle flow, is operational efficient and safer for employees The large, full height, load door allows delivery trucks to empty their loads (including super leads) with their boxes fully raised and drive out without having to worry about hitting the building structure above A Vactor Dump station is incorporated onto the rear of the salt barn to provide a station for materials to be dumped and dried out under cover before being taken to the appropriate landfill.

Consultants

Civil: NF Engineers

Structural: JDH Engineering

M/E/P: Matrix Engineering

Reference Adam Lape Director of Operations

Washtenaw County Road Commission 734 327 6697

lapea@wcroads org

Cost

$6 4 million

Schedule

Design: Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

Bidding & Award: Jan 2023Feb 2023

Construction: Mar 2023 – Aug 2023

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