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The City of La Mesa looked to EDCO Disposal Company to develop a much needed transfer station within the city limits. The transfer station would provide a central facility for the collection of city solid waste for transfer to the landfill.
An exhaustive site selection process eliminated all potential sites except a 4.5 acre lot on the site of the City’s corporate yard. Although located within a small, older industrial zone, this site was also prominent to an adjacent major commercial district and a hillside residential area. In response, JRMA designed a 58,500 s.f. facility that not only achieved the City’s solid waste goals, but also enclosed the operation within a cost-effective and attractive building.
When tilt-up construction proved too costly, JRMA’s metal-clad solution incorporated several wall panel types to provide architectural interest. The color scheme was kept simple in order to not detract from the primary architectural feature, a recessed column crowned with a translucent “window”. In addition to providing daylight within the building, in the evening the translucent panels glow (from interior lighting) when viewed from the residential and commercial districts.
This project was awarded an “Honorable Mention” from Metal Architecture Magazine, August 1999.
Permitted for 1,000 tons per day, this structure fully encloses the main floor area with 220’ spans and a 40’ interior height. In this area, local trash collection trucks deposit their loads and front-end loaders push the refuse against 12 ft. high steel plate “push walls” for staging. An overhead misting system keeps airborne dust under control. Below the building, a two-lane transfer tunnel provides access for landfill transfer trailer trucks to be loaded through openings in the floor above. Recyclables are also collected and shipped from a loading dock to other industries.
Project cost: $ 5 million.
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