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4D 40 • • Observing Existing Facilities: As part of the process necessary to cstablish the needs of the proposed complexes, the design professional selected three area public works complexes similar to those to be designed for Indian River County, Individuals representing Indian River County and each activity area accompanied the design professional to observe existing facilities. The purpose of this field observation was to establish an understanding of what current complexes contain, as far as equipment, spatial layout relationships and various construction types. The following complexes were visited for review by the User Groups; I. Palm Beach County Public Works Complex - This existing complex accommodated the Public Works Fleet Maintenance facility, traffic engineering and road and bridge department. This complex is located on a site that is approximately 25 acres, consisting of various buildings located in a campus type setting. This facility contains the main fueling depot for the Public Works Complex, all related material and equipment storage and administration and support, This complex is constructed with a variety of construction types, primarily gave the User Group an opportunity to review a conventional construction type consisting of concrete masonry and structural steel roof framing. Strong design and functional features of this complex included the following: • A variety of bay and vehicle maintenance layout;soace, primarily drive- thru bay configuration. • Sophisticated parts, storage and inventory system, • Centralized qnd functional fueling depot. • Flexible and economical material and equipment storage. 2. South Florida Water Management District Vehicle Maintenance - This facility consists of a smaller scale vehicle maintenance complex, and consists of vehicle maintenance, body shop and repair, related equipment material storage and administration. This complex consists of a variety of different buildings and building types, functioning on a smaller scale than that observed for Palm Beach County. Strong design feature and possible desirable components for our complex consist of the fallowing: • Targe open vehicle maintenance bays • Drive-thru bays • Economical and functional building type, consisting of all pre-engineered metal buildings • A variety of open, partially secure and totally secure equipment and ivat4rial storage, consisting of pre-engineered building type %+HANSoaDnrn+aaorEcrMWXx BNEEI)ANL rar