Western Region Operations Center

WGI provided structural engineering design and construction phase services for Palm Beach County’s Western Region Operations Center (WROC). The Western Operation Center serves the Belle Glade, Pahokee, and South Bay area in Palm Beach County. The Center also includes a 16,337-square foot warehouse, administration and repair shop, and a 2,600-square foot generator building. The buildings are designed to Risk Category III/IV with ultimate wind speeds of 180 mph and are constructed with reinforced masonry walls, concrete tie columns and beams, steel joist/structural steel roof framing members, and steel roof deck. The shop buildings include a two-ton bridge crane supported from the roof structure, and the pump wash section of the building consists of a two-ton underslung monorail hoist. The building site also includes two 10,000 square-foot pavilion structures covering storage for portable generators, material, and equipment laydown areas.