Government

Patrick SFB Gate

The Main Gate Relocation at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, is a design-build entry control facility for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District. The project relocates the base's main gate and replaces it with a complex of three buildings: a visitors center, a privately owned vehicle (POV) inspection building, and a gatehouse. The buildings are built on slab-on-grade concrete floors, with stucco over block backup walls, and steel bar-joist roofs with metal decks carrying concrete tile roofs. Exterior building systems use Miami-Dade hurricane-resistant products, a practical requirement on the Florida coast, and the design follows the sustainable and energy-efficient standards of UFC 1-200-02. The visitors center carries a full interior scope, with finishes and a furniture, fixture, and equipment package designed alongside the building envelope.

The Jenkins Group served as lead design professional and design manager on the design-build team. The firm provided architecture and interior design, including the exterior envelope, interior spaces, finishes, and a fixture, furniture, and equipment package used to procure the furnishings. Consultants provided mechanical, electrical, civil, and landscape design, which the firm coordinated and managed. The Jenkins Group refined the USACE request-for-proposals design to meet guidance on traffic and safety engineering for entry control facilities, managed design reviews and ProjNet/DrChecks comments, and coordinated the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications. During construction the firm reviewed submittals, provided design clarifications, made site visits, and delivered record documents and closeout documentation. Working with the design-build contractor, the team held peer reviews at critical milestones so that design intent and constructability were resolved together.