Anniston, Alabama

In 2018, the Armory Commission of Alabama engaged JMR+H Architecture to develop a Project Planning Document Charrette (PPDC) to support validation and planning analysis for a new Enlisted Barracks and Transient Training Area in Anniston, Alabama. This initiative is part of the broader Real Property Master Plan (RPMP) supporting the Fort McClellan Army National Guard Training Center.

Following the planning phase, in 2019 the Armory Commission awarded JMR+H a contract to provide full construction documents and contract administration services for the project.

The development delivers a comprehensive training and housing solution designed to support both annual training and inactive duty training requirements. The facilities serve Reserve Component soldiers training away from their home stations, as well as Active Component units requiring temporary accommodations during training assignments.

The project includes modern enlisted barracks and a fully integrated transient training complex featuring a Battalion Headquarters, Company Supply and Administrative facilities, and training support spaces. These new facilities replace outdated World War II-era wooden structures and address longstanding space limitations that previously forced units to conduct training at alternate locations.

Key components of the project include:

59,735 SF Billeting Facilities

12,412 SF Dining Facility

7,166 SF Battalion Headquarters

20,555 SF Company Supply and Administrative Facilities

9,938 SF Battalion Maintenance Shelter

Designed with efficiency, durability, and sustainability in mind, the facilities incorporate state-of-the-art building systems and maintenance operations programming. The site design integrates critical infrastructure elements such as stormwater retention, heavy-duty military paving, privately owned vehicle (POV) parking, and force protection measures in compliance with ATFP (Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection) standards.

This project significantly enhances the Fort McClellan Training Center’s ability to support mission readiness by providing modern, safe, and flexible facilities for today’s military training needs.

Fort McClellan, Anniston, AL

Anniston, Alabama

FOLEY, ALABAMA

Size: 15,259 SF

Cost: $4.1M

Completion: 2018

In February 2016 JMR+H completed the design for a new Vehicle Maintenance shop (VMS) in Foley, Alabama. This Army Vehicle Maintenance Shop consists of three main functional groups:  administrative, work bays, and storage. Supporting these main functional groups are the special training and support areas.  Within each group are subordinate functional areas that contribute to the operation of the group. Circulation and structural space are allocated to each project based on the size of the other authorized spaces. The administrative group consists of spaces for offices and maintenance support. Supporting spaces include such functions as the administrative support rooms, inspection library, production control, small arms repair w/ vault, classroom areas, break room, and the entrance lobby.

ANNISTON, ALABAMA

Cost: Phase I- $14M, Phase II- $16.6M                                Completed: Phase I- 2007, Phase II- 2013                          Size: Phase I- 95,454 SF, Phase II- 88,230           

Phase I

This facility included Administrative facilities for nine (9) units, a command suite, fully functional state-of-the-art Joint Operations Center, assembly hall, multiple classroom facilities with included AV storage and infrastructure, unit locker room facilities, unit storage facilities with secure mesh partition separations, fully functional maintenance training facility, POV Parking and Military Parking Achieved Spirit Silver Sustainable Design Goals.  2007 – Alabama National Guard Ft. McClellan Readiness Center Phase I, SPIRIT Silver.
 

Phase II

This addition to the facility included: Administrative facilities for additional units, multiple classroom facilities, unit locker room facilities, and unit storage facilities with secure mesh partition separations. 2013 Phase II Alabama National Guard Ft. McClellan Readiness Center, LEED Silver.

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

Cost: $36.4 M
Size: Approx. 201,107 SF
Green Certifications: LEED Gold

Phase I Building #1
The First Level (57,480 SF ): Assembly (Drill) Halls, Distance Learning Center, Simulation Center, Supply Rooms, Locker Rooms, Classrooms, Kitchen, Maintenance Training Facility, etc. The Second Level (42,895 SF): Office / Administrative Areas and The Medical Detachment Unit.

Phase I Building #2
The First Level (26,477 SF): Unit Storage Rooms, Supply Rooms, Locker Rooms, Classroom Space, etc. The Second Level (22,255 SF): Office / Administrative Areas.

Phase II Building #1
This new AFRC is 45,461 SF and includes two major components – a Special Forces Equipment Pool Facility and Readiness Center functions to house two Special Forces Units – Support Company 20th SFG and The Chemical (CML) Detachment.  The Special Forces Equipment Pool Facility includes areas designated for maintaining Special Forces Airborne and Waterborne Operations equipment and supplies, including an SF Parachute Drying / Storage Tower, including POV & Military Parking.

ALEXANDRIA, ALABAMA

Cost: $6.7 M
Size: 34,000 SF
Green Certification: LEED Platinum

The Pelham Range Armed Forces Reserve Center, an Army Reserve and National Guard facility for logistics, weapons, and unit administration training is the state’s first LEED Platinum building. As a role model for sustainable construction, it received the 2012 Clover Award from the Leed Green Building Council. 

The building achieves an energy cost savings of 38 percent, with efficiency measures including an improved thermal envelope, reduced interior lighting power density, occupancy sensors, high efficiency geo-thermal pumps and on-site renewable energy – a photovoltaic panel field that generates 12 percent of the projects energy cost.  By embracing green/sustainable technologies, strategies, and design, the National Guard will save approximately $80,000 over the next 20 years in this facility.