Proj Overview

Project Overview

Keeping communities safe is what led the City of Madison to building the Highland Manor Community Safe Room. The destruction of homes and concern for its citizens and community are just two of many reasons why the City of Madison wanted to build a storm shelter for its mobile home residents at Highland Manor. The City wanted the building to be multi purposed and usable as a community space and meeting room when not needed due to inclement weather.

Precast Solution


Highland Manor Safe House is classified as a safe room as it goes beyond the ICC-500, to meet the requirements of FEMA's Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms (FEMA P-361). The safe room contains precast concrete sides, a reinforced membrane roof, safety guards for doors and windows and no basement. Spancrete precast concrete beams, columns, wall panels, and roof planks were erected on site. The building can withstand 250 mph winds. The storm shelter is more than just a safe room, it is a community room, contains bathrooms, and an adjacent playground and parking lot for the community. The facility is 6,400 square feet and has an occupancy of 845 during storms and 212 as a meeting / event space. The safe room is open year round and maintained by the City of Madison Park Systems. The safe room was made possible by a $1.2 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Finally the Highland Manor Community Safe Room has received the award for 2016 Excellence in Engineering from the Structural Engineers Association of Wisconsin (SEA-WI).

 

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Project Team

Architect

Assemblage Architects

Engineer

R.A. Smith National 

General Contractor

Miron 

Precaster

Wells

Key Project Attributes

  • 2016 Structural Engineers Association of Wisconsin (SEA-WI) Excellence in Engineering Award Winner
  • The building can withstand 250 mph winds
  • 6,400 square foot facility has an occupancy of 845 during storms and 212 as a meeting / event space

Project/Precast Scope

  • The safe room contains precast concrete sides, a reinforced membrane roof, safety guards for doors and windows and no basement
  • Precast concrete beams, columns, wall panels, and roof planks were erected on site