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Solid Waste Management Facility

Fact Sheet

Title

27th Avenue Solid Waste Management Facility

Artists

Linnea Glatt

Michael Singer

Commissioner

Phoenix Arts Commission (artists)

Phoenix Public Works Department (building project)

Commenced

1989

Completed

1993

Location

3060 South 27 th Avenue & Lower Buckeye Road, City of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Dimensions

Building 105,000 square feet, steel roof trusses 310ft and 231ft. Overall site 62 acres.

Materials

Metal and concrete construction, recycled glass, landscaping using recycled rubble, plantings

Total Project Budget

$18m total project budget

Funding Sources

Building: Municipal Bonds

Artists' Fees: Percent for Art Funds

Summary Artists' Brief

To design a solid waste transfer and recycling facility which challenges and educates public thinking about waste, recycling and the environment.

Project Managers

Overall Project Manager: Ron Jensen, Director, Phoenix Public Works Dept.

Public Art Program Manager: Gretchen Freeman, Phoenix Arts Commission

Project Manager: Bruce Henning, Phoenix Public Works Dept.

Other Professionals

Black and Veatch Engineers

Sterling McMurrin, architect (hired by artists as their consultant)

Rick Epstein, architect (hired by artists as their consultants)

Gary Sakato, landscape architect

Contractors

Joe E. Woods Construction Company

Contact For Further Information

Phoenix Arts Commission, 200 West Washington Street, 10th Floor, Phoenix, Arizona, 85003. Tel. No. 001 602 262 4637

Bruce Henning, City of Phoenix Solid Waste Disposal Administrator, Tel. No. 001 602 262 7251