anchor Description
The existing Rock Creek Park Maintenance Yard is located within Rock Creek Regional Park at Beach Drive in Derwood, MD It is east of the intersection of Needwood Road and Beach Drive. The site is approximately five acres. The existing buildings were built during the and when the park was first developed. The main objective for this project is to bring the existing outdated, inadequate and deteriorated facility up to industry standard and comparable to other newer facilities such as the Black Hill, Cabin John, and Wheaton Maintenance Yards. The major components of the project include: administration building, vehicle maintenance shop, work shops for two crews, equipment storage building, material storage building, staff parking, vehicle parking, and fuel island. The consultant has designed the new maintenance facility with the objective of achieving a green building level of at least LEED Silver rating without any major additional cost to the project.
anchor Justification
Facility Plan approved by Montgomery County Planning Board in June Rock Creek Regional Park Master Plan,
anchorDisclosures
A pedestrian impact analysis has been completed for this project.
anchorCoordination
United States Green Building Council, Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services, Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission