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In 2009, the City of Wichita hired GLMV Architecture, Inc. to design their first LEED certified building – a 23,000-square-foot, $4.2 million Transit Van Maintenance Facility. The facility was designed to store up to 28 paratransit vans and other department support vehicles, and includes four maintenance bays, an automated wash bay, a parts/storage area, a training area and conference space. Located adjacent to the existing administration, operations and maintenance facility on Waterman Street, the new facility serves as Wichita’s storage and maintenance center for its expanding fleet of paratransit vans. Using an integrated design approach involving all participants—owner, architect, engineers, …
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With increased costs facing most business owners, many are scrutinizing their budgets for savings in facility operations. Lowering the energy costs of buildings is an important part of reducing these expenses. Energy-efficiency is not limited to new construction; there are numerous strategies that can be applied to existing buildings. Reducing the need for electric lighting, using less water, plugging leaks in building walls, and adding insulation are four simple things to consider. Outside the building, proper site planning and landscape design are other things which may come into play. To implement an effective energy-savings strategy for existing buildings, initiating a …
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After one of two hospitals in Great Bend announced plans to provide only outpatient services, administrators at Great Bend Regional Hospital began to plan. Realizing that a demand in inpatient services was imminent, they began to explore plans for expansion. Hospital administrators turned to GLMV Architecture’s Ryan Craft to master plan a series of additions, upgrades and changes throughout their campus to accommodate the anticipated patient increase. Ryan and the team are working with the hospital to design new spaces and upgrades and are also assisting in equipment placement and analyzing the workflow in the surgical suites. “The hardest part …
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How we make accessibility . . . child’s play When the Sunrise Rotary Club decided to take on the design and construction of a $1.5 million boundless playground as a centennial project, GLMV Architecture stepped up to make it a reality. A boundless playground is one that is entirely barrier free.  It is equally accessible to all children, regardless of age, or physical, cognitive, developmental or sensory disabilities.  When GLMV took the project on in 2006, the concept was new to the area.  The Sunrise playscape was designed to be 70 percent accessible to disabled children or adults, when other …
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