Davis Waste Removal

2nd Street
Davis, California

This three-building campus consists of a two-story, wood-framed, 8,000 s.f. administrative building, a 20,000 s.f. recycling transfer building, and a 16,600 s.f. vehicle maintenance building with eight repair bays, two pit bays, and two covered wash bays.

Facing the main interstate, the site’s owner and the city’s design review board required that the project’s mass be minimized and have a higher level of detail than typical industrial projects. This was accomplished by increased wall articulation and a masonry wainscot. A modified metal building system was chosen to attain the transfer building’s 90-foot clear span with a relatively maintenance-free exterior, and allow an accelerated construction schedule. The building is painted in variations of the corporation’s logo color. A 2,000 s.f. community meeting room addition was added in 1997.