Pierce County's road network keeps communities connected. The crews responsible for maintaining it deserved a facility equal to that work. The Central Maintenance Facility is a 167,000 square foot, LEED Silver campus on 34 acres in Fredrickson, bringing together what had been a fragmented, aging system of road shops into one coherent, high-performance workplace.
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The previous facilities were a workaround. Crews moved between disconnected sites, equipment shared space it wasn't designed for, and the inefficiencies compounded quietly over years. The new campus changes that. Six buildings are arranged around the actual rhythm of road maintenance work, with adjacencies, circulation, and space allocations shaped by the people doing the job every day. The difference is measurable: nearly 6% in productivity gains over the previous system, earned through organization and clarity rather than added square footage.
A road maintenance facility might seem an unlikely place for civic gesture, but this one makes a deliberate one. A customer service lobby welcomes residents, and dedicated spaces invite citizens to see firsthand how their tax dollars support the county road system. Long-term value guided every major decision, with building systems evaluated not just for what they cost to build, but what they cost to own. The result is a campus the County can stand behind, and a community can trust.
Road Operations Division Manager, Pierce County
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