St. Lucie County

Architecture & Engineering Services Term Contract

Under an ongoing architectural and engineering services term contract with St. Lucie County, GLE is currently working on the following projects: two new branch libraries and a new concession area, office building, and restroom facilities for the County Fairgrounds and Equestrian Arena. These projects consist of site planning, space planning, design, and construction documents. Factors considered are timely response, immediate needs, completion of construction activities in occupied facilities within restricted timeframes and available funding. Although a general program often exists, GLE typically works with County officials refine the program, prepare CDs and administer the contractor’s construction activities.

St. Lucie Parks and Recreation, Equestrian Arena

GLE completed the design and engineering of a 3,400 SF restroom addition to their existing Equestrian Arena located at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds. A well conceived plan based on the philosophy of form following function, resulted in maximum efficiency in meeting the comfort needs of the arena patrons, as a 300 SF addition to the concession area was centered within the fairgrounds. Also included in the design and engineering scope of services was a free standing 2,200 SF office building. Utilizing a split plan concept and a sharing of common areas, GLE was able to meet the needs of both the staff of the Fair Association and St. Lucie County. The projects were designed and engineered concurrently and construction documents were delivered ahead of schedule.

St. Lucie County Central Services

GLE was contracted to study the conversion of an existing Sam’s Store purchased by the County for three different county departments’ offices. The conversion, consisted of approximately 46,000 SF of the 130,000 SF building.  At the completion of the study GLE was retained to develop complete construction documents, bidding and contract administration. The feasibility study was important in determining whether or not the conversion was possible and allowed the city to allocate budgets early, before the project started, allowing for a seamless project. GLE is currently discussing the feasibility of adding a second story within the existing facility.

St. Lucie County Library System

GLE was the program and design Architect through Construction documents and specifications for a 15,000 SF two-story new library building on an existing Elementary School site for St. Lucie County. The program was open to the public and used for after hours and special learning classes related to the Elementary curriculum and included an enclosed outdoor reading and story telling patio area. GLE also provided all Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering services in–house for the project.

The St. Lucie County Library System has recently approved two new additions:

The first is a 15,000 SF addition to the Morning Side Branch on Morningside Boulevard in the city of Port St. Lucie. This addition includes a new public meeting area and additions to the library’s research sections. The second is a 4,500 SF addition to the Zora Neale Hurston Branch on 3008 Avenue D in the City of Ft. Pierce. The architectural style of the additions was designed to match the existing building’s texture and style and will complete the original library design, which was broken into two phases. GLE designed the libraries so that the existing staff could be accessible, operating from key central areas, ensuring that no additional staff would have to be hired to manage the new additions. Total Cost: $4,500,000.

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