ORNL Research Operations Support Center
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ornl rESEARCH OPERATIONS
SUPPORT CENTER
YEAR:
2020
LOCATION:
OAK RIDGE, TN
SIZE:
29,000 SF
The Research Operations Support Center (ROSC) is a design-build project on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) campus, with as the contractor. The one-story building is designed to house the protective forces and fire department for the ORNL campus.
The building is designed to house all necessary response features for both the protective forces and fire department, including: locker rooms, fitness room, showers, open office areas, kitchen with dining and lounge, and apparatus bay for emergency response vehicles with small maintenance area. The entry to the building also has display areas for small artifacts. The building façade is handsomely designed with brick, large windows allowing natural light, and two colors of fiber cement panels corresponding to the interior program.