Aurora Public Schools Freezer

Aurora, Colorado

Aurora Public Schools retained RTA to design a new freezer and warehouse building to serve the district. This central storage facility will handle all incoming food deliveries, storage, and distribution to kitchens throughout the school district.

Education

Project Details

Size: 53,392 sf

Cost: $24M (est)

Design Details

Precast concrete warehouse and administration area
Insulated metal freezer, cooler, and loading dock

The building is divided between a 11,740 SF precast concrete warehouse and administration area and a 41,652 SF insulated metal freezer, cooler, and loading dock area. The building utilizes an innovative rack supported structure for economy and efficiency. Rack storage is sized to accommodate their 30-year projected capacity and include space available to rent to other nearby districts. Twelve refrigerated loading locks will handle all incoming and outgoing product. Being sympathetic to the adjacent base housing on Buckley Space Force Base, the site is orientated to cluster all loud activities on the north side of the building and minimize disturbance.

The design team is pursuing the use of rejected heat from the refrigeration system to aid ground snowmelt on loading docks on the north side of the building. The building is design to be PV ready to offset energy costs