Operations & Maintenance Facilities for Peak Performance
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Years of Design Established in 1982
Architecture Driven by Community.
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Primary Markets Transit • Civic • Non-Profit • Aviation • Education • Housing • Commercial • Operations & Maintenance
HUB DBE • MBE METRO SBE State & Municipal Certifications
TSA & AIA FIRM OF THE YEAR
RDLR is Recognized as a 2023 Outstanding Diverse Organization by HBJ.
About RDLR TRANSIT
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O P E R AT I O N S & MAINTENANCE
Founded in 1982, Rey de la Reza Architects, Inc. (RDLR) is recognized throughout Texas as a community-driven architectural firm providing design excellence and outstanding project management services in the Houston area. With a 40-year history, the firm has been involved in the design of a variety of transit, commercial, educational, urban design, residential, and renovation projects and continues to provide exceptional service to public entities including: City of Houston, Fort Bend County, Houston Airport System, METRO, HCTRA, The Harris Center, numerous ISD’s, GSA, USPS and TxDOT. Our firm is certified MBE and Texas HUB. RDLR believes in community driven architecture. Capital investments should respond to user needs as well as benefit the overall community. RDLR looks beyond project limits to seek opportunities to enhance the public realm and create places for communities. We believe that good design is not contingent upon the schedule or budget but rather the result of an inclusive design process that includes stakeholders, community leaders and design and construction professionals. Successful projects reflect
cultural influences and are contextually sensitive. They are sustainable developments which are cost effective to maintain and operate. Strong design solutions are the result of a collaborative, interactive process led by the design team that involves all stakeholders including users, community residents, transit agencies and specialty consultants. We are well versed at techniques for generating ideas in various settings. Careful attention is given to achieving a balance between building, surroundings, landscape, and site-specific issues. Through an inclusive process, we involve active participants, first in the programming sessions, and later in design workshops. This results in an accelerated design process, where concrete design ideas are generated respecting the programmatic and budgetary constraints. The process creates client/user consensus at an early stage in the project. Another benefit of this process is the creation of effective communications avenues among the participants.
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE (partial listing) Brazos Valley Food Bank City of Houston Public Works & Engineering NE Quadrant Facility City of Houston Solid Waste Management Transfer Facility City of Houston SW Police Fleet Maintenance City of Houston North Main Recycle Center Easthaven WWTP Fort Bend County Transportation Center HCC Stafford Workforce Building Houston Food Bank & Warehouse LCISD Transportation and Data Center LCISD Maintenance Facility Renovations METRO Maintenance of Way North Texas Food Bank Fort Bend County Transportation Center Port Houston Maintenance Bldg. at Bayport Terminal
Operations & Maintenance Facilities
RDLR specializes in crafting customized solutions for maintenance facilities across municipal, education, aviation, and transit sectors, enhancing functionality and safety through innovative designs. Our commitment to meticulous attention, spanning from daily operations to community well-being, ensures outstanding value for our clients. Safety and security are paramount at our sites and sustainability remains a core focus. We prioritize equipment selection and coordination by leveraging the expertise of Equipment Design specialists. Moreover, our forward-thinking approach takes into account future expansion requirements, evolving technologies, and anticipated staff growth, resulting in the creation of adaptable, long-lasting maintenance facilities.
Collaborative Environment
The 33, 500 sf facility is used as a staging area for the City of Houston PWE utility workers in the northeast quadrant and includes space for administrative and support services for the Water, Wastewater, and Restoration divisions of PWE. The building was oriented to allow for separate drives separating heavy vehicle traffic from pedestrian paths, and non-fleet vehicles.
COH PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING NE QUADRANT FACILITY Houston, Texas
CLIENT City of Houston
Designed with a Mission
To meet the growing issue of hunger and expand its distribution capacity over three-fold, the Houston Food Bank (HFB) renovated a neglected, thirty year old, “tilt-up” warehouse. The renovation of the 308,000 sf building includes dry and refrigerated warehouses, staff offices, volunteer community rooms and café, social service offices, correction department facilities, food pantry and conference facilities.
HOUSTON FOOD BANK Houston, Texas
CLIENT Houston Food Bank
AWARDS
AIA Houston Design Award AIA Texas Society of Architects Design Award AIA National Public Architecture Social Impact Merit Award Urban Land Institute Development of Distinction Award Contract Magazine Inspiration Award
Rural Character FORT BEND COUNTY TRANSIT CENTER Rosenburg, Texas
Portraying, a rural architectural character, the transit facility includes an 18,617 sf administration building and a 28,375 sf bus maintenance building with a fuel island and 7,130 sf bus wash facility. A pre-engineered structure was used to reduce the project costs, and the team worked closely with the county to use cost effective low maintenance materials throughout the project.
Support Workforce Training
The design reflects the industrial nature of this technical training in form and materiality. Significant design considerations include collaborative learning spaces and generous amounts of natural lighting to aid student performance. The new 57,000 sf building houses classes in advanced manufacturing, robotics, pipe-fitting and welding including laboratories, technology-rich classrooms and administrative offices.
HCC STAFFORD WORKFORCE BUILDING Houston, Texas
CLIENT Houston Community College System
Public Safety HPD SOUTHWEST SUBSTATION & VEHICLE MAINTENANCE Houston, Texas
Locted on a 14 acre site the project is a collaboration between Houston Parks Department and Fleet Services. The 49,577 sf Police Station also includes a large community playground and a 7,725 sf vehicle maintenance facility with fueling island and car wash. Fleet services will use this facility to service HPD vehicles.
Vehicle Maintenance
The new Satellite Transportation Center is a pre-engineered metal building and includes approximately 32,720 sf of administrative office space, IT data center, and service area, with 4 mechanic bays, a tire bay, a wash bay, an oil/pit bay, fueling island, and associated storage areas. The Center is designed to allow expansion of 4 more service bays in the future.
LCISD TRANSPORTATION CENTER Fulshear, Texas
CLIENT Lamar Consolidated ISD
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