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Midstate
Electric Cooperative Master Plan - LaPine, OR.
2005
“Building a Better Central Oregon” Design Award for
Outstanding Energy and Environmental Design.
Steele Associates Architects
designed this 20-acre Master Plan and all the buildings. RH Construction
was the contractor. The LEED Gold certified Administration Building
is the first LEED certified Project in Central Oregon history. According
to Midstate, it is also the only LEED Gold certified Electric Cooperative
in the country. nnovative sustainable features include a raised
access floor and a demountable interior wall system intended to
make future remodels easy and less wasteful. The building is designed
to facilitate public tours. The plan features a 13,000 SF Administration
Building a 22,000 SF Warehouse/Vehicle Storage Building, a 13,000
SF Maintenance Vehicle Shop, a 5,400 SF Equipment Storage Building,
a 100 car parking lot split into visitor and staff areas, and a
service yard for maintenance vehicles and equipment.
"Scott
Steele and his associates maintain a level a professionalism at
all times . . . They are intuitive listeners and excellent communicators
. . . they were able to communicate in laymen's terms with our committee
of directors and our management personnel. Every concern was addressed
professionally and in a timely manner. I am pleased to highly recommend
Steele Associates Architects."
Bill A. Kopacz, General
Manager
Midstate Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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