Stone Mill Business and Technology Park

Upon acquisition of a 73 acre site known as the “Bundy Property”, located adjacent to the Virginia Highlands Community College and Exit 14 off Interstate 81, the Town of Abingdon, Virginia retained the professional services of T&L to provide professional engineering planning and design services for the Stonemill Business & Technology Park. Additionally, T&L developed a set of Design Guideline in order to provide guidance and continuity in achieving the Town’s vision for the overall character of the Park.

Some of the key project features include:

Access via 2,400 LF of 4-lane divided and lighted access road and 1,400 LF of 2-lane connector road;
4,700 LF of 10-inch water line, 340 LF of sanitary sewer line, various landscaping enhancements including a walking trail, and park signage;
13 lots ranging in size from 2.5 to 10 acres; and
A walking trail which parallels adjacent Wolfe Creek was constructed as part of the park development and is enjoyed by park tenants as well as non-tenants.

The Stone Mill Business and Technology Park is now home to the Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator, a CPA firm, and the Washington County Government Center. The Incubator and Government Center were also designed by T&L.

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Client:
Town of Abingdon

Service Type:
Civil Engineering

Project Value:
$2.2 Million

Completion Date:
2006

Project Area:
73 acres

Oak Park Center for Business and Industry

In 2002, Thompson & Litton (T&L) was retained by the Industrial Development Authority of Washington County, Virginia (IDA) to provide professional architectural and engineering services associated with the development of the Oak Park Center for Business and Industry. This business park is located off of Virginia Route 1718 (Westinghouse Road) in Washington County, Virginia.

For the next ten years (10), T&L and the IDA worked together on the development of Master Plans, Preliminary Engineering Reports, funding strategies, design, permitting, bidding and construction of a multi-phased development (Phases II, III, and IV) which resulted in the following improvements:

104 acres of graded building pads;
Extension of support infrastructure for water (potable and fire suppression), sewer, stormwater, natural gas, power, fiber, phone, and cable; and
Access improvements included design of rail access for selected areas of the park, improvements and extension of existing access roads within the Park, and the installation of a second means of access from U.S. Route 11 to enhance the Park;

Total Budget Performance on Civil Infrastructure (Phases II, III, IV and Alternate Access Road):

Engineers Estimate $12,448,624
Award Amounts $9,540,813
Final Cost $9,949,445

Completion Date: Fall 2012

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Client:
Industrial Development Authority of Washington County

Service Type:
Civil Engineering

Project Value:
$9.9 Million

Completion Date:
2012

Project Area:
104 acres

Town of Abingdon Police Department

Thompson & Litton, Inc (T&L) provided architectural and engineering design services for the Town of Abingdon on a new police station located on Main Street.

Project highlights include:

The design objective was to create a facility that reflects the image of the old Abingdon Post Office and Federal Courthouse Building (demolished circa 1960), while meeting the current and growing needs of its town police department;
The new facility provides both administrative and operational spaces for the police department and provides space for community meetings and police in-service training; and
The design and construction of this project effectively harmonized the architectural styling of the former post office and courthouse building with modern construction materials and techniques.

T&L can take a picture and create a new building that is either identical or inspired by the photograph. The Town of Abingdon Police Station is an example of a project that was designed as reproductions/ reconstructions of historic building with contemporary adaptations.

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Client:
Town of Abingdon

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$1.7Million

Completion Date:
2002

Project Area:
10.963 sf

Radford Public Safety Building

Thompson & Litton, Inc (T&L) was selected by the City of Radford to provide Architectural/Engineering services for the Radford Public Safety Building. T&L’s services included space needs assessments, programming, full service design, bidding and construction contract administration for the renovation and adaptive reuse of the former box factory to accommodate police facilities and operations, as well as other municipal functions.

A sampling of project highlights include the following:

The orginial structure was a block and brick structure previously utilized as the former Old Colony Box Factory;
The project faciliated the consolidation of several Departments in one central location (Police, Dispatch Center, E-911 Center, and other municipal functions)
E-911 Center provides many functions including for 911 operations, after-hours public interface, security control for the municipal facility, monitoring all building cameras, access control systems, and the secure perimeter traffic gate;
The Dispatch Center was designed to accommodate a four console layout with the ability to expand to six consoles in the future.
On a day-to-day basis, the space serves the City as their Council Chambers and many other functions including Police, City Management, Finance, Human Resources, Public Information, Engineering, Economic Development, Zoning, Building Offical, and others); however, in the event of a major emergency, the space transforms into a fully integrated and progressive EOC.

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Client:
City of Radford

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$5.768 Million

Completion Date:
June 2011

Project Area:
41,840 sf

Bristol Fire Station No. 5

Thompson & Litton (T&L) and Stewart Cooper Newell (SCN) Architects teamed together for the planning, design, bidding and construction of Fire Station #5 in Bristol, Tennessee. T&L provided architectural and engineering services with support from SCN, who led the programming and Architectural Schematic Design phase for the project.

The project was necessary due to growth at the intersection of 11W and I-81 (Exit 74), which primarily consists of the Pinnacle, a very large commercial development with over 70 stores and restaurants, and the presence of the Bristol Regional Medical Center.

A sampling of project features include the following:

Fire Station #5 designed to blend in with the architecture of buildings located in the adjacent Pinnacle development;
Manned by Professional Career Firefighters (no volunteers);
3 pull-through, double-loaded, apparatus bays (20’ x80’ ea);
100% Building Load Diesel Generator;
14×14 overhead section doors;
Built-in bay and magna-grip exhaust system;
Sleeping quarters include 3 double bunk rooms and 1 single bunk room with four lockers, desk, and TV in each room;
Personnel have access to restrooms and showers;
Exercise room with workout stations;
Decontamination Room with laundry, extractor, & dryers
EMS and secure medication storage room
Compressor Room for SCBA & tool compressor

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Client:
City of Bristol, TN

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$2.473 Million

Completion Date:
2017

Project Area:
10,310 sf