J.K. Scanlan completes LEED-Plus Certified Army National Guard Training facility

J.K. Scanlan Company, Inc. along with designer, the Office of Michael Rosenfeld, Inc. and the Division of Capital Asset Management, completed the $15.3 million Mass. Army National Guard Readiness Center. The project was substantially complete in November 2010. The newly expanded 67,112 s/f readiness center houses a total of six National Guard units. The men and women of the Mass. National Guard will acquire the skills they need to protect the people of the Commonwealth in the event of a national disaster or a civil emergency. The LEED-Plus Certified facility was initiated and constructed to provide updated facilities and support to multiple units within the Mass. Army National Guard, with consideration to the detailed Army National Guard standards, guidelines and anti-terrorism regulations. The expanded sustainable building met requirements set for by the United States Green Building Council and achieved the intended sustainable goal of a LEED-Plus Certifiable Facility. Some features of the facility include heated and unheated storage areas, new administration space, classrooms, a maintenance training work bay, new kitchen, physical fitness area, locker rooms, toilet/shower rooms, assembly/drill hall and new parking. Other features of the sustainable design included the use of energy-efficient HVAC and lighting systems, appliances and other equipment, use of solar preheating of makeup air, development of an annual audit program for energy consumption, waste streams and use of renewable resources, water conservation measures and an increased number of impervious surfaces. J.K. Scanlan Co. Inc. is proud to have been part of the team who assisted in constructing this state of the art facility and particularly proud of our troops who put themselves in harm's way for our state and our nation's freedom and well being.