Texas

Huitt-Zollars was selected as the prime design firm to provide final civil, structural, and architectural design and post-design construction services as part of a design-build team for the downtown segment of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project. The project includes six separate LRT station platforms. Our responsibilities included design supervision to complete the design of rail, roadway reconstruction, storm drain modeling and design, sidewalks, illumination, walls, drainage impact studies, design of one new bridge, design of three additional bridge reconstructions, and permitting.

Weir SPM manufactures reciprocating plunger pumps used in hydraulic fracturing for the oil and gas industry, along with other essential ancillary upstream and downstream equipment. The Research and Development (R&D) facility tests prototype frac pumps at operating conditions ranging from real-life to extreme such as high fluid pressures, high temperatures, and with various additives and contaminants. Huitt-Zollars provided architectural and engineering services to create the Weir SPM R&D Facility.

The 25-year-old federal building called for a comprehensive modernization and upgrade.

The Maneuver Systems Sustainment Center (MSSC) is a $70 million new facility that achieves consolidation of multiple functions into a single 377,000-SF, seven-building facility on approximately 15 acres of site development. In addition to the design of the building and site, Huitt-Zollars was responsible for programming, layout, and design of approximately $20 million of highly specialized process-related equipment.

Huitt-Zollars provided MEP and structural design for DART’s new Northwest Rail Operating Facility. The NWROF will house the Service & Inspection Building which provides daily servicing, scheduled inspections, running repair, wheel truing, and component change-out. In addition, a new Way Service Administration Building will be devoted to the maintenance of way operations for the system expansion.

Huitt-Zollars prepared complete architectural and engineering designs on an accelerated schedule for a high-bay, 238,369-SF warehouse and aircraft maintenance facility. The heart of the facility is an automated storage and retrieval system for specific aircraft parts and components. The automated warehouse facility is the main shipping and receiving center for maintenance activities.

Huitt-Zollars prepared construction documents for the rehabilitation of the outlet structures for the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs in Houston, Texas. These “extremely high-risk” dams provide flood-damage reduction for our nation’s fourth largest population center.

Huitt-Zollars provided architectural and engineering design services for preparation of the program and schematic design for a new LEED-Silver certified Fleet Maintenance Facility at the existing Japhet Service Center. This 45,000-square-foot facility includes sixteen automotive and ten truck maintenance bays with lifts and overhead cranes, a chassis wash facility, storage rooms, administrative offices, conference rooms, parking areas, landscaping, and detention pond. Huitt-Zollars prepared a Storm Water Quality Plan and secured the SWQ Permit from the City. Huitt-Zollars also prepared the

Huitt-Zollars provided 100% of design services including architectural, structural, demolition, utilities, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, fire protection/alarm systems, interior finishes, exterior improvements, and roofing. The interior improvements repurposed the motor pool building. The space reconfiguration on the first floor included updating restroom finishes and layouts. General repairs and renovations were also made to the building.

Huitt-Zollars provided electrical engineering services for a first generation automated baggage inspection system at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The system provides efficient and effective inspections for explosive devices or weapons, while minimizing human error and the possibilities of injury to security staff. Two automated baggage inspection systems are located in Terminal C.