This facility houses the operations center for screening and inspection of all commercial vehicles seeking access to the NIH campus. It is one of three main components of the perimeter security plan implemented after 9/11 that also includes a perimeter fence and visitor center. Divided into two components, the...
Fairfax County and the Commonwealth of Virginia consolidated regional public safety and transportation functions to a new government office park. The centerpiece is the Public Safety Operations and Transportation Center which houses the County’s Emergency Operations and 911 Call Centers under the same roof with the State Police Communications...
Over the last several years, JPA has supported HOK on projects for Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (ADC), providing a wide range of MEP/FP study and design services. This $45M phased project includes MEP capital renewal and security upgrades in a continuously occupied facility. The ADC is a three-building...
This new, 160,000-SF, $45M multi-purpose facility provides a dynamic state-of-the-art program for firearms and tactical specialty team training for County law enforcement agencies. The complex features multiple firing lanes, academic training rooms, outdoor tactical village, and specialized and controllable lighting ensuring 24/7 facility access, replicating day and night conditions. ...
The 3rd floor of the iconic American Can Company building in Baltimore’s historic Canton district consisted of ± 50,000-SF formerly used for light manufacturing. JPA provided MEP design for a two-phased renovation project in a portion of this building and adjacent facilities. Phase 1 included conversion of the third floor...
These four Class-A office buildings –302, 304, 306 and 308 Sentinel Drive– are part of the Cedar Knolls section in the National Business Park. They were designed to support Department of Defense BRAC-driven demand with specialized information technology tenant requirements. The first three buildings are LEED Silver certified, and...
As Baltimore County’s only magnet high school for the arts, the new $55.2 million, 245,000-SF high school offers an interrelated college-preparatory curriculum in fine and performing arts, technology and academic programs for 1,000 students in grades 9-12. In addition to traditional classroom spaces, the new building includes science and computer...
Opened in 2016, Hallie Wells Middle School serves the rapidly expanding City of Clarksburg, Maryland and is one of Montgomery County Public School System’s newest schools. The 151,000-SF building’s floor plan arrangement was based on the Lakelands Middle School prototype, accommodating a future enrollment of up to 1,200 students....
This new $31.2M, 135,600-SF middle school was designed and constructed adjacent to the existing school, allowing the facility to remain operational during construction. The architectural design incorporates the area’s rural character, including allowing the community use of the school’s cafeteria, media center and gym to encourage connection with the...
This project collocates Tilden Middle School and the Rock Terrace School into a 242,000-SF facility on the existing Tilden Center site in Rockville, MD. Each school will be separate and distinct with different exteriors, but they will connect through shared recreation and learning spaces. Tilden Middle school will occupy...
The first new construction high school project in Anne Arundel County since 1982, the new 271,000-SF Crofton High School serves approximately 1,700 students. The school’s 3-story building design takes advantage of the site’s unique topography, delivering natural light throughout the building, and providing a signature main entry and overall...
The new 106,221-GSF Wilde Lake Middle School in Howard County is the first net zero energy school in Maryland. Completed in January 2017, this LEED Platinum school is one of the most energy conscious and efficient schools in the nation, generating as much energy as it consumes over the...
As the first replacement school in the City School’s 21st Century building plan, the new, LEED Gold Certified, 103,350-SF, $38M facility was constructed on the same site as the existing school, resulting in challenging phased construction. Building spaces include academics, community learning spaces for neighborhood outreach, and a courtyard...
Over the last five years, JPA has been privileged to work on several projects on the campus of the Boys Latin School (BLS), providing a full range of master planning, programming, and MEP/FP design. Among other assignments, JPA has participated in the Campus Master Plan, Student Center & Museum...
JPA was the Engineer of Record for the comprehensive rehabilitation of the largest college dormitory complex in the country. JPA designed the replacement of utility infrastructure and all mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, and electrical systems. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 1.5 million-SF structure was built...
Implementation of the $40 million master plan for this independent coeducational school in suburban Baltimore created a campus quadrangle, anchored by the new Edward A. St. John Student Life Center and the new Naylor STEM Building. The three-story 65,000-SF student life center contains two dining halls with a full-service...
A new two-story, $19 million athletic center for this independent college preparatory girls’ day school is the campus’ only LEED Gold certified building. The 60,000-SF facility includes a triple-court gymnasium, upper and middle school locker rooms, coaches and staff locker rooms, a weight and fitness room, rowing tank, multi-purpose...
The 68-acre Gilman School campus is anchored by Carey Hall, the oldest building on campus. Built in 1920, Carey Hall houses the upper school in addition to Centennial Hall, the Gilman Room and the Edward R. Fenimore, Jr. Memorial Library. The $25 million project consisted of interior renovations of...
The “Court” is one of the oldest standing dormitories at the Foxcroft School, a small residential girls’ school located on 500 acres of rolling countryside in the heart of Virginia’s horse country. This well-loved, 3-story 14,000-SF historical piece of Foxcroft’s campus was no longer needed as a dormitory and...
Over the last five years, JPA has been privileged to work on several projects on the campus of the Boys Latin School (BLS), providing a full range of master planning, programming, and MEP/FP design. Among other assignments, JPA has participated in the Campus Master Plan, Student Center & Museum...
Arising out of their master plan and recognizing the need for enhancements to their educational space, this $8.4M project – the Center for Entrepreneurship & Dining Commons Expansion – represents a strategic, comprehensive, and cost effective solution to create new learning and creative spaces, and prepare existing spaces for...
JPA provided full mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design for this new, 2-story 40,000-SF athletic complex which supports various campus activities. The programmed spaces for the $13M facility include a central performance court, with seating for 1,200 spectators; wrestling, fitness, and weight rooms; and a stage area. Ancillary and support...
The Health Sciences Center (HSC) is Phase 2 of the three phase CSM Hughesville campus, focusing on continuing education offerings in the construction profession field. The new campus will eventually encompass three buildings, of which this is the 2nd, 150 parking spaces, and associated support facilities. The HSC is...
Constructed in 1978 as the College’s first academic building, the original 2-story, 65,000-GSF building occupies a prominent location at the campus center. This LEED Silver project houses the College’s Physics, Engineering, and Mathematics Programs, and also serves as the campus’ tertiary IT Data Center. A $31M, two-phase project, this assignment...
Built in 2002, the O’Connor Recreation Center serves as the primary facility for fitness programs, recreational sports, and experiential education activities on Hopkins historic Homewood campus. Following two feasibility studies, JHU decided to selectively demo, re-purpose, renovate, and add an addition, enhancing the Center’s cardio, weightlifting, flexible programming, wellness,...
JPA has completed MEP design for over 100 individual projects on almost every campus of the National Institutes of Health during the last twenty-five years. Projects vary from single lab-module renovations to entire building renovations, as well as new construction. We continue to enjoy designing MEP systems for the...
The Krasnow Institute, located on the main campus of George Mason University, is a world-class research facility focused on the study of human cognition and the brain. Phase II of this project consisted of an interconnected three-story 15,300-SF addition to the existing Phase I structure, and provided expanded BSL-2 laboratories,...
This project converted a former animal holding facility into a 3,236-SF state-of-the-art lab for the study of genetics. Located on the National Zoo’s “Research Hill”, it represents a dramatic transformation of the original 1970’s concrete structure into a modern scientific research facility. JPA’s scope of work integrated new utilities,...
Notre Dame Maryland University's (NDMU) School of Pharmacy is the first of its kind for a women’s institution of higher learning in the US; the second institution in Maryland to offer the Doctor of Pharmacy degree; and the only private institution to educate pharmacists. It now houses the department...
This $21 million LEED Gold project was initiated through JPA’s Master Plan recommendations to improve the existing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) infrastructure systems serving the original portions of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health facility. The master plan identified that the existing infrastructure systems throughout the...
The second floor of the Park Building on the world-renowned hospital’s main campus, which houses the Brady Urological Institute, was completely renovated for new laboratories and offices. The modernized 13,000-SF research area provides 15 large modular spaces containing both bench workspace with full laboratory utilities and computer workstations, and...
Anne Arundel Medical Center embarked on expansion projects totaling $425 million, with a goal of nearly doubling the size of the suburban campus. This 240,000-SF medical office building was the first major building to be realized from the Facilities Master Plan. It is connected to two pavilions and a...
This new patient care building at Johns Hopkins Hospital provides clinical diagnostic and treatment services to outpatients with solid tumors. The new, 10-story, 184,000-SF cancer treatment center at this world-renowned institution is budgeted at $100M. The facility allows for outpatients to benefit from a wide range of coordinated examination,...
To significantly expand facilities at this regional tertiary care medical center on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, JPA provided mechanical and electrical input for the Master Plan and subsequent phased implementation of the plan’s strategic priorities. The building program increased the usable medical center space to 950,000-SF. More than 15 clinical...
JPA was part of a joint-venture design-build team to relocate MDIA headquarters as an implementation of BRAC ’05. The team provided programming and concept design for a new 720,000-SF complex which accommodates 2,635 personnel and 24/7 operations support. Preparation of the design-build RFP and post-construction award services followed conceptual...
This new, 8-story 275,000-SF building houses the headquarters of the county’s police, fire and rescue departments, and the primary data center for the Department of Information Technology. The $104M building was designed to provide clear zones of publicly accessible areas and secure private areas for use by the facility...
Originally constructed as a school in 1931, the existing 3-story building underwent a conversion to provide transitional housing services for 200 families annually. The 38,000-SF building provides expanded space, doubled the shelter’s capacity to 150 beds, common living areas, improved staff and program spaces, re-designed laundry rooms; expanded kitchen...
As prime consultant to the owner, JPA led the design team for systemic and architectural improvements to modernize this 700,000-SF US Senate Office Building, constructed in 1958. In addition to housing the offices of 13 Senators and their support staff, 16 Senate committee hearing rooms, and a 340-seat auditorium,...
The comprehensive infrastructure upgrade and total renewal of this 826,500-SF congressional office building is balancing historic preservation efforts with incorporating state-of-the-art systems and workplace standards. The Program of Requirements (POR) and design phases are complete and phased construction is underway, scheduled for a 2024 completion. Early phases included building...
JPA designed the MEP infrastructure for a 580,000-SF underground facility for the five-million visitors to the U.S. Capitol each year. Located beneath the East Plaza of the Capitol building, this $620M project includes amenities such as two 250-seat orientation theaters, a 20,000-SF museum-quality exhibition hall for artifacts and documents...
JPA is providing MEP design for the modernization of this historic facility, which is to be added to the complex of Maryland state offices and tunnels in Annapolis. Built in 1901, the Annapolis Post Office was in operation until 2015, when the state bought the property for $3.2M. The...
Built in 1901 and surviving Baltimore’s infamous 1904 fire, the historic 17,000-GSF calls the corner of Baltimore and Calvert Street home, providing an epicenter of banking and business to the City of Baltimore for decades. Centuries have passed, and the Alexander Brown building still stands today, opening a new...
This comprehensive renovation project restored the historic former Town Theatre into an intimate performing arts venue and new headquarters for Everyman Theatre, Baltimore’s second largest professional theatre company. As part of the city’s “West Side Renaissance”, the 1910 building, originally constructed as the Empire Theatre for vaudeville, was renovated...
JPA provided MEP/FP services to conduct a visual survey of the existing conditions of this re-purposed 19th-century grist mill. Situated on the Brandywine River, this museum is home to an outstanding collection of American art and renowned for its holdings of the Wyeth family of artists. The original mill...
Named the State Theater of Maryland in 1978, Baltimore Center Stage is Baltimore’s largest professional producing theater, welcoming nearly 100,000 patrons each season. After undergoing a $28M renovation, the theater has an expanded lobby, updated Head Theater with dedicated lobby, and expanded scene shop, including replacement of all MEP/FP...
Mount Vernon is the country’s oldest historic preservation project and receives more visitors than any other historical residence in the United States. Two new facilities totaling 71,200-SF added 23 galleries and five theaters to the family home of our nation’s first president. A large portion of the new complex...
This waterfront park and museum with integral education center commemorates the famous abolitionist who fled from slavery in the historic Baltimore neighborhood of Fells Point, as well as the nation’s first African-American shipyard owner who worked nearby. The $13M project is the first multi-cultural heritage tourism and education site...
The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery house collections of Asian Art for the Smithsonian Institution. Freer opened to the public in 1923 and is connected to the Sackler by an underground passageway. In addition to its collections of Asian art, the Freer contains an “important...
This $10M project anchors a prime corner of the Station North Arts District, at a critical juncture of North Charles Street and North Avenue in Baltimore City. The design both respects and enhances the rich heritage of the historic buildings while boldly communicating the transformation of the district into...
JPA provided MEP/FP design and construction administration for this $31.7M, 6-story addition and renovation project, including HVAC and plumbing systems, DDC control systems, fire protection and fire alarm systems, lighting and lighting control systems, power distribution systems, pathways and provisions for low voltage systems, and coordination of communication and...
