Iowa Army National Guard AFRC Complex

Opus is the design-builder for this Armed Forces Readiness Center Complex for the Iowa National Guard.  The National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve will use the facilities to equip, train and maintain personnel and equipment in preparation for future deployments.  The two building campus consists of a 113,000 sf Armed Forces Reserve Center and a 60,500 sf Field Maintenance Shop.  The project is located on Wright Brothers Boulevard in Cedar Rapids, IA.

 

Opus was chosen to design and construct the facility from a field of over 40 others in a 2-phased federal design-build competition.  The IA National Guard chose Opus using their “best value” evaluation criteria, which considered past performance, quality, technical ability, and scope received for the price.

 

The Armed Forces Reserve Center building includes a large drill hall for troop formations and community send offs, classrooms, office space, troop storage, a weapons simulation lab, vault storage, and ancillary troop training areas.  The Field Maintenance Shop building contains 12 state of the art maintenance bays equipped with shop lubes, compressed air, water and vacuum systems.  Vehicle exhaust is provided in each bay as well as overhead cranes to facilitate repairs.

 

The project has been designed to LEED Gold standards and features an energy efficient geothermal heating/cooling system, high insulation values, energy efficient lighting, regional and recycled construction materials, and low emitting materials to promote indoor air quality.