FPL Command Center

WGI provided planning, landscape architecture, traffic engineering, civil/site engineering, permitting and construction administration services for the design and construction of FPL’s Consolidated Distribution Command Center (DCC) located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Consolidated DCC is designated as a critical facility as it is manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week and during major storms by operators and technicians charged with maintaining power to substations, homes, businesses and other facilities throughout FPL’s service territory. WGI designed a facility with the flexibility to accommodate nominal shift staff during normal operations and a staff of over 200 for extended periods during major storm events. The facility requires readily accessible parking, stormwater protection, redundant utilities and safeguards, such as emergency generators, to maintain operability and withstand hurricane category five conditions.