Site improvements included excavation and grading for the building, pool, new walks/drives, POV parking, organizational/specialty vehicles parking, and landscaping. Potential contaminants from an adjacent abandoned landfill site affected both the footing design and excavation depths for the pool, buildings, and parking. To prevent costly excavation of potential contaminants, 4'-0" of fill was brought to the site.

Schmidt Consulting Group, Inc. completed the Programming/Design Charette for this project prior to development of the construction documents. The result of the charette process was a 2-story building to support day-to-day operations of students and faculty associated with the curriculum.

The design provides a dynamic and functional, cost effective solution that incorporates the user's needs and program requirements. The administrative and logistics areas, lockers, and pool are located on the first floor. The classroom and academic support spaces are located on the second floor. The design of the building accommodates future expansion on the limited site.

The training pool was designed to satisfy the user's needs while maintaining the minimum requirements for competitive swimming. This allows the facility to be used for competitive swimming (short course) events when available. The pool depth is 5' and 10', with a standing ledge along the sides at the deep end. A below-water viewing window is also included at the deep end of the pool.

Schmidt Consulting Group, Inc. provided Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Electrical, Communications, and Structural design services for the project.