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BOA ARCHITECTURE RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE & WAREHOUSE UNION (ILWU) LOCAL 13 DISPATCH HALL ♦ ILWU Dispatch Center main entry ♦ Dispatchers workstation overlooking Dispatch Hall ♦ Dispatch Hall with 14large high definition 10'xT rear -projection screens Client: Port of LA and PMA-ILWU, Contact: Daniel Caruthers: (310) 351-4280 Completion Date: Dec. 2014 - LEED Gold Certification Architectural Team: Edward Lok Ng & Miguel Andrade — — Project Description: This $20,000,000 (Construction cost with $1,000,000 A/E fee), 35,000 sq. ft. Dispatch Hall/Auditorium project provides a new administration & dispatch center & meeting hall for the ILWU Local 13's 15,000 membership. The exterior and _ interior design is compatible with the PMA's corporate image and "harbor and nautical" theme of the ILWU. This was achieved by using colors, shapes, and textures common to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The front of the building looks like an ocean going ship. Project scope also includes a 4000 occupant dispatch/meeting hall with a "state of the art", large screen computer display of Port job assignments and computer dispatching of Union Workers. The Dispatch Hall has wall mounted folding bleachers, folding stage and loft seating to accommodate very large union meetings. Also included-, dispatch offices, workrooms shower for cyclists, restrooms, and conference rooms. BOA assisted the ILWU with the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) process and expedited plancheck approval through both the City of Los Angeles. An extensive user audit was completed to ensure proper functional relationships of each Union service and the Dispatch Center the fastest dispatch of available union workers. Sustainable esign features includes, combined natural ventilation with high -efficiency HVAC, recycled building materials, Roof -top mounted Photovoltaic renewable energy, and extremely low water usage. Site sustainability include, bio-filtration planters filters all roof and storm water, drought tolerant planting, and over 500 trees provide shade for the parking lot. Our innovative sustainable efforts with LEED Gold Certification. AV Technology was a big part of the design effort for this project. Acoustics and sound equipment selection for the main assembly hall were critical issues to the use -ability of the Dispatch Center. It was vital that the announcement of available daily jobs be very audibly clear to the thousands of dockworkers that are in the Dispatch Center on a daily basis. We worked carefully with our Acoustic Engineer and AV Technology and IT Consultant, and ILWU dispatchers to produce proper indoor sound and amplified announcements at specified locations within the huge assembly space. Fourteen (14) large high definition 10'xT rear - projection screens display the Port of LA's work assignments. This Dispatch Hall is used for dispatching dockworkers daily and for monthly union member meetings. 25G-2S5