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Materials
Recycling Facility
Springfield, MA
The Springfield Materials Recycling Facility (MRF)
is the major recycling facility in western Massachusetts. It
processes over 250 tons per day of bottles, cans, plastic and paper
waste.D&W worked closely with the City of Springfield, the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and
the MRF operator to make the project a success. The major design
goals were to design an industrial facility with durable, cost effective
materials, to create a pleasing appearance acceptable to abutting residential
neighbors, and to develop a site plan that keeps industrial usage
areas away from the main public facade. The site development
had to be done to allow efficient and safe truck operations,
to provide for rail transit of recyclables, and to safeguard
two of Springfield's main water supply lines, which run through the
site.
The design divided the project into three
components: a bottle and can processing pavilion, a paper baling
pavilion, and an administrative / support building. Site goal plans
were met by separating the process portions of the facility into two identically sized,
high-bay process wings, connected by the lower administration / support
building.
The Springfield MRF has been operating
successfully for over three years and has been awarded design
honors by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Division of Capital
Planning and Operations and the Boston Society of Architects
Chapter of the AIA, including an award for design excellence
and an award for sustainable design.
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