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Project Approach

Project Understanding This proposal is for the shell building only. Tenant
specific fit-out improvements such as office areas,
BTC III, I-95 Logistics Center, LLC has commenced shipping offices, toilet rooms, battery charging, etc.,
preparations for a site development project for Abingdon are not included. We have included an Optional Service
Business Park located between Route 24 and Abingdon to provide programming, conceptual design, and
Road in Harford County, Maryland. The site development construction documents for a typical 4,000 to 6,000
work will consist of the construction of a new road square foot tenant.
extension and bridge and the preparation of Lots 1, 2,
and 3 that will accommodate the vertical construction It is your goal to include sensible, cost-effective,
described in this proposal. The first phase of vertical environmentally responsible design strategies. However,
construction will include four (4) new freestanding we understand the project will not seek third-party
warehouses totaling 2,064,800 square feet. validation of environmentally responsible initiatives,
such as USGBC’s LEED Rating System, Energy Star, Green
Building 1 is a cross-dock warehouse building of Globes Certification, and Living Building Challenges
approximately 1,008,000 square feet and is located on as part of the Basic Services outlined in our proposal.
Lot 1. Building 2, located on Lot 2, is characterized as a If this were to change, we can provide the design and
606,480 square foot cross-dock warehouse. Lot 3 will administrative services associated with certification as
accommodate Building 3A and Building 3B. These two Additional Services.
(2) new front-load warehouse buildings are configured
along a shared truck court and are 301,600 square feet We have assumed that in each phase, the services outlined
and 148,720 square feet respectively. The buildings will will run concurrently for all buildings. We have included
be designed to have one (1) to four (4) corner entrances. the development of four (4) separate sets of permit
drawings, one (1) for each building. We understand all
The clear height, as measured at the speed bay side of buildings will be awarded to a single design team.
the first column line, is represented as being 40 feet for
Buildings 1 and 2, and 36 feet and 32 feet for Buildings
3A and 3B respectively. Interior improvements will be
limited to an electrical room and sprinkler room. The
building will have conventional spread footings, tilt-up
concrete bearing wall panels, and conventional steel
frame. The roof will be a 60-mil black EPDM membrane
on rigid insulation on metal deck. We have assumed all
buildings will have similar design relative to appearance
and construction methods. We will design one building
with entrances and use that design as the basis for the
other building designs, making adjustments for bay
spacing and clear height.

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