Projects

Bloom Scope of Our Work

Bloom Companies was the primary Architect/Engineer for a new resource recovery facility complex for the Cedar Rapids & Linn County Solid Waste Agency. Bloom provided architecture, structural and civil engineering services and management of mechanical, electrical and plumbing consultants.  This project included the design and construction of a new 44,000 sq. ft. resource recovery / recycling facility which houses a drive thru recycling drop off, a pollution prevention center for hazardous materials, a swap shop for household chemicals,  and a construction & demolition debris floor sort area, including provisions for a future mechanical sorting line. Heating for the new building is being provided by waste heat from a new Landfill Gas-To-Energy Facility.

An existing 5,000 sq. ft. administrative and recycling drop off building was remodeled into an administrative and education facility.

The site redevelopment included 2000 ln.ft. of new road construction to separate commercial and residential traffic on site; construction of a new 12,000 sq.ft. large item recycling area; expansion of the small load drop off facilities; construction of a new 12,000 sq.ft. residential landscape waste area; and construction of a 130,000 sq.ft. disaster staging and drop off area.

The new facility improves operational efficiency, diverts and recovers materials from the landfill, and provides capacity to meet projected future needs. The resource recovery facility was planned for LEED Certification and all aspects of design and construction utilized sustainable design concepts.