Project Details
- Programmed funding: $33,000,000
- Appropriated funding: $6,000,000
- Project type: New facility construction/expansion
Description and Scope
This project will construct an approximately 30,000 square-foot Critical Operations Facility at the Landstown maintenance yard on Nimmo Parkway.
The newly constructed facility will house Public Works Stormwater Operations, the Traffic Management Center (TMC) and various support personnel during normal daily operations and during natural and/or man-made disasters in the preparation, monitoring, and recovery stages of an event.
The facility will monitor stormwater conditions and the City’s transportation network in real time and allow staff to adjust storm water controls, manage transportation patterns, initiate emergency repairs, and make recommendations for evacuations during severe weather events.
To accomplish this goal, the facility will include expanded conference and computer training rooms that will serve as the hub of the Joint Operations Center.
The facility will also include workstations, touchdown stations, bunkrooms, locker rooms, showers, expanded kitchen, whole building generator, and other amenities required in a critical operations facility.
The facility will be constructed to withstand wind, blast and other loads based on current and projected threats. The project will also include site work, parking, storm water features, ADA features, and other code requirements.
Purpose and Need
The existing facility has remained largely unchanged for over 40 years as both threats due to weather and human caused events have evolved.
Additionally, Virginia Beach is currently implementing a comprehensive Flood Protection Program that includes the design and construction of flood mitigation projects that will have a ripple effect that safeguards homes, protects businesses, responsibly addresses storm water issues, and combats the effects of recurrent flooding throughout Virginia Beach for generations to come.
A comprehensive Joint Operations Center is required to effectively manage the City’s existing stormwater infrastructure, new stormwater facilities that will be constructed in Phase I of the Flood Protection Program, as well as the growing demands on current and future transportation systems throughout the City.
The newly constructed facility will ensure select Public Works Operations staff can managed normal daily operations and respond to natural and/or man-made disasters in the preparatory, monitoring, and recovery stages of an event to minimize the likelihood of possible injury, death, and property damage or loss through proactive and centralized traffic and storm water management.
The new facility will be modern, safe, secure, flexible, properly conditioned, energy efficient, and will meet evolving public safety needs of a growing, modern city.