Texas

The TEXRail project is a 27.2-mile commuter rail system that will run between downtown Fort Worth and the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and will be operated by the Fort Worth Transportation Authority. Huitt-Zollars is the Project Manager and Engineer-of-Record providing design and construction support services for the 48,000-square-foot vehicle Equipment Maintenance Facility (EMF). The EMF is located on a 22-acre site and will service, maintain, fuel, and store the eight Stadler Flirt Diesel Motorized Units (DMUs) that will operate on this line.

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.

Huitt-Zollars provided a variety of structural, electrical, and mechanical engineering services to support the client’s manufacturing capability. Design services incorporated HVAC solutions for humidifier operation, specifically addressing the challenges related to the location and identification of steam condensation. Huitt-Zollars executed plumbing and piping revisions to meet code compliance, and relocated existing equipment within the new 50,000-SF manufacturing facility. The project scope required the removal of all utility sources from the facility.

Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) is a high security center of industrial excellence for rotary wing aircraft. It is the largest helicopter repair facility in the world. It serves as a rebuild facility for the entire airframe, but parts of the facility were decades old and created operational inefficiencies for the maintenance staff. Project scope of this task comprised facility and site master planning to include space planning, programming, equipment needs identification and sequence of acquisition of equipment, overall project definition and funding/construction sequencing alternatives.

Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) is a high security center of industrial excellence for rotary wing aircraft. It is the largest helicopter repair facility in the world. It serves as a rebuild facility for the entire airframe, but parts of the facility were decades old and created operational inefficiencies for the maintenance staff. Project scope of this task comprised facility and site master planning to include space planning, programming, equipment needs identification and sequence of acquisition of equipment, overall project definition and funding/construction sequencing alternatives.

Huitt-Zollars provided master planning, all civil, structural, and MEP engineering design, construction drawings and specifications along with land surveying services for FedEx’s 168-acre Southwest Distribution Hub. The site contains multiple buildings that comprise more than one million SF. Civil/site services included aircraft, truck and employee parking facilities; site grading; utilities; storm drainage; NPDES Pollution Prevention Plan preparation and permitting; circulation and staging accommodations; plus gas line, domestic water and fire water distribution lines.

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 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 served as Prime Consultant and Project Manager for coordination of all building and site programming and design. Huitt-Zollars also served as Engineer-of-Record for structural, mechanical, plumbing/piping, fire protection and electrical engineering. The new North Operations and Maintenance Facility has a footprint of 55,650 SF with a second level accounting for an additional 25,000 SF for operator-related functions and includes repair bays, maintenance offices, restroom/locker/showers, lunch room, brake shop, common work area, and a parts storeroom.

Huitt-Zollars provided architectural and engineering design services for the preparation of the program and schematic design for a new LEED-Silver certified Fleet Maintenance Facility at the existing Crosstimbers Service Center.