PROJECT: Tri-County Mental Health
Offices
LOCATION: Lewiston, Maine
CLIENT: Tri-County Mental Health Services
SERVICES: Architect - Engineer- Construction Manager
To improve its ability to
provide services to its clients as cost effectively as possible, Tri-County Mental Health
Services decided to consolidate its three separate twin city facilities into one location.
A former bank processing center was chosen as the site for these consolidated offices.
Platz Associates was chosen to provide the architectural, engineering, and construction
management services necessary to adapt this building to its new uses.
Providing a client's needs within the confines of an
existing structure always presents unique problems and requires an intimate understanding
of how the client's operation functions. These problems are further compounded when the
client is a non-profit organization limited by a moderate budget. Working closely with the
staff of Tri-County, we were able to design a facility which provides for smooth and
efficient operations and which met their budget constraints.
Another major challenge of this project was the need to
relocate the existing separate facilities into the new space as quickly as possible. To
accomplish this, construction of the 32,000 square foot facility was divided into four
phases, with staff moving into its own space as each phase was completed. Construction
began in June of 1993 and the last phase was completed in September of the same year. This
ability to fast track projects is a specialty of Platz Associates and is one of the
advantages of working with a multi-disciplinary design firm.
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Auburn, Maine 04210
Tel 207.784.2941 - FAX 207.784.2942
email: architects@platzassociates.com
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