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
