Wegmans Fairfax

Building Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Project Data:

 

Building Name:                               Wegmans Fairfax

Building Occupant & Owner:          Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

County:                                          Fairfax County

 

Address:                                        11620 Monument Drive

                                                      Fairfax, Virginia 22030

 

Number of Stories:                          3 total (2 above grade, 1 below)

Project Delivery Method:                 Design-Bid-Build

Estimated Cost:                              ????

Construction Dates:                        June 2003 – February 2005

 

 

 

 

 

Site & Location:

Wegmans Fairfax is in the heart of Fairfax, Virginia conveniently located at 11620 Monument Drive it is within minutes of the Washington D.C. Beltway (I-495).  Wegmans Fairfax consists of mixed-use occupancy containing high-end grocery and general merchandise retailing, offices, a five-star restaurant, and a cooking school.   The 3-story building is one of a kind featuring over 60,000 products more customer convenience services and “more stores within a store” than possibly any other supermarket in the world.  Wegmans Fairfax is more like a European open-air market: dazzling displays of fresh produce, artisan breads and other baked goods hot from the oven several times a day. The store offers even more choices like fresh-caught seafood, meat, deli products and imported cheeses, international foods - plus all the foods and household items usually found in supermarkets. The Colonial and Victorian exterior architecture features stone and brick façade while also featuring a clock tower.   The site is located on a 12 acre site surrounded by luxurious houses and town homes.  The immediate surrounding area has an average household income of over 185,000 dollars.

 

 

 

Building Square Footages:

 

First Floor (Ground Level):

114,533 Sq. Ft.

2nd Floor:

  10,467  Sq. Ft.

Lower Level:

 17,782 Sq. Ft.

Parking Garage (Adjacent Structure):

  91,200 Sq. Ft.

Total

233,982 Sq. Ft.

 

 

 

Primary Project Team:

 

Owner:

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc

http://www.wegmans.com

General Contractor:

Wegmans Construction Group

http://www.wegmans.com

Architect of Record:

Bob Salvaggio

http://www.wegmans.com

Design Architects:

Wegmans Development Group

Beery Rio Architecture

http://www.wegmans.com

http://www.beeryrio.com

Structural Engineer:

Herrick-Saylor Engineers, P.C.

http://www.herrick-saylor.com

Electrical Engineer:

Bergman Associates

http://www.bergmannpc.com

Mechanical Engineer:

Erdman Anthony & Associates

http://www.erdmananthony.com

Plumbing Engineer:

Erdman Anthony & Associates

http://www.erdmananthony.com

Civil Engineer:

Rinker Design Associates, P.C.

http://www.RDAcivil.com

Landscape Architect:

Parker Rodriguez, Inc.

http://www.parkerrodriguez.com

 

 

 

 

 

Architecture:

 

Construction

The construction delivery method for this building was design-bid-build.  Construction started in of June 2003 and is scheduled for completion in February of 2005.  The opening of the store and restaurant are scheduled for February 20, 2005. 

 

Design and Function Components

Wegmans Fairfax will be the largest supermarket in Virginia but it is much more than a supermarket.  Upon arrival the architecture of the building will make you think like you are looking at a downtown village.  While you shop the architecture will provides you with the feeling like you are in a European open-air market.  Primarily Wegmans Fairfax functions as a food market but also it includes a five-star restaurant, meeting/conference rooms for parties or business gatherings, and Wine Cellar (Which acts a Wine Shop).

 

Major National Model Code(s)

Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC)

Adopting the BOCA National Building Code/ 1996

 

Zoning and Historical Information

Wegmans Fairfax is new construction on previously undeveloped site.  The construction is zoned Mercantile Supermarket (Group M) with in inclusion of use Groups S-2 (restaurant) and S-3 (Wine Shop).  The construction Classification for the project falls under type 1B for the food market and the open parking structure.

 

Building Envelope

The building envelope on Wegmans Fairfax starts with the structural steel for the walls and the roof.  The side elevations and rear of the building are primarily made up of pre-cast concrete/stone faced veneer.  But there is also stone and brick veneer on the sides and on the front of the building.  The roof consists of steel roof decking with insulation.  All the exterior windows on the building are thermal break aluminum window frames with 1 inch insulated glass.  All exterior doors are metal face doors with in an insulated core.  The parking garage envelope consists of a pre-cast structural concrete frame and includes a pre-cast concrete façade with stone and brick veneer intermixed.

 

 

 

Building Systems:

 

Electrical

A radial system is used to distribute incoming power from the utility.  The primary transformer distributes 34.5∆KV at 480Y/277 to the entire distribution system.  The primary transformer feeds the main distribution panel (MDP) (480Y/277V, 3-Phase, 4-Wire, 3000A) located in the electrical room.  The utility metering equipment is located on the primary side of this switchgear.  The service is stepped down to 480Y/277V via a Δ-Y transformer.  Each transformer is protected on the primary side by a 600A fused disconnect switch.  All the loads in Wegmans Fairfax that operate at 208Y/120V are stepped down by 480Y/277 - 208Y/120 V transformers.  The entire building except for some air-condition loads are backed up by two (2) factory packaged generators with a continuous standby rating of 900 kW.  The system is composed of one (1) 20kVA Uninterruptible Power System (UPS) used primarily to prevent interruption in computer services during a power outage.

 

Fire Protection

A pre-action automatic system is utilized for the entire building.  Standard smoke detectors, strobes, pull stations, and horns can be found throughout the building as required to meet code and public safety in residences and public spaces. A fully addressable ADA compliant fire alarm system is installed throughout the building.

 

Lighting

The building lighting incorporates 277 and 120 volt operations.  Most of the shopping areas use a combination of high bay HID’s with fluorescent and halogen track lighting.  The produce area also incorporates 2x4 fluorescent troffers into its lighting.  The office spaces, kitchens, and restaurant space incorporate downlights or 2x4 fluorescent fixtures.  Low voltage lighting can be found in some of the display areas and in the restaurant lighting scheme.  The exterior façade and parking lot lighting are all 277V luminaries with metal halide lamps. 

 

Mechanical

The HVAC makes use of (11) Air Handling Units. The units are Variable Air Volume (VAV) units with electric reheat coils.  The HVAC system also makes use of direct expansion cooling coils and indirect fired furnace sections.  Extra heating was added in the bathrooms with the use of electric baseboard heaters.  The exhaust ductwork throughout the building are equipped with twenty-one (21) retro-active VAV boxes that automatically balance the exhaust air amount.  The mechanical system also makes great use of Air Curtains and Hood exhaust fans to control the heat and air quality of the different spaces in the building.  There is ten (10) air curtains used to separate spaces.  Then forty-one (41) Hood Exhaust Fans are used for ventilation from all the different cooking equipment.  The exhaust ductwork throughout the building are equipped with retro-active VAV boxes that automatically balance the exhaust air amount.

 

Special Systems

MATV coaxial television cable was run throughout the offices and through portions of the shopping areas.  CCTV monitoring equipment was installed throughout all the shopping areas, in the accounting office, corridors, backroom storage area, and throughout the parking lot and entrances and exits outside.  Access control equipment was installed for all entry doors.  Tran logic tubes were installed across the building at so that money or other important documents could be sent back to the main accounting office without carrying money or important documents long distances.

 

Structural

The building makes use of light gage steel construction and the exterior walls are made of decorative CMU, stucco, and stone veneer.  The roof uses composite steel decking as its base.  The lower floor is a 6” slab on grade and the uppers floors make use of 4” light weight concrete with composite steel deck. 

 

Telecommunications

Telephone and data outlets are located throughout the entire building.  There are scanners and scale data jacks at all registers across the store and in the accounting office.  The outlet boxes for power are provided in the ceiling in the main shopping areas and under the raised floors in the office locations.  The wiring going in the shopping area is raised in the ceiling on large racks.  Low voltage cable drops are used to lower the wiring from the high ceiling racks.

 

Transportation

Elevators are located throughout the building.  There are two (2) elevators in the front of the store that serve as the main elevators for customer traffic between the three levels of the building.  Then there are two (2) elevators in the vestibule used for customers to travel to and from the 2 parking levels on the site.  Then there are two (2) service elevators primarily used for transportation of supplies and employees between floors.  One (1) service elevator is located in the between the kitchens and one (1) service elevator is located in the backroom storage facilities.  There are also six (6) staircases for travel between all three stories and one (1) stair case that can be used for the two lower floors.  The building contains three (3) large loading dock areas on the first floor for merchandise and supplies and one (1) loading dock area for armored car usage in money transfers.  

 

 

 

This page was last updated on Monday, November 29, 2004.

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