Sunday, January 31, 2010

Site Environmental Factors

Building Location: 11100 Mead Rd. Baton Rouge, LA 70816

Site Plan:

Site Plan:

1.Existing Conditions: The subject property is comprised of a three-story office building with an attached one-story boiler room. The building is a reported 51,878 square-foot building which sits on a 4.98-acre site. The building was reportedly constructed in 1975 with no major renovations being completed since original construction. The balance of the property is developed with asphalt pavement, concrete flatwork, and professional landscaping.

2.Orientation: The building is set at the traditional cardinal directions with the main entrance facing northward and Mead Road curving along the north and northeast sides of the site.

3.Influences upon the site:
a)Context-The building is located in Baton Rouge right off of the interstate 12, on the corner of Mead Rd. & Sherwood Forest Blvd. which is convenient and makes it easy to find for visitors out of town. Sherwood Forest which has a wide range of food for everyone’s tastes and also has many different businesses down it.
b)Setbacks- There are no exterior stairs installed on the property and no balconies or patios.
c)Access- There are two automobile entrance drives to the site. Both entrance drives are divided with distinctive entry and exit lanes. The vehicular drives both lead from Mead Road. Mead Road runs along the northeast side of the site and then curves along the north side of the site. One of the vehicular drives is located along the northeast site perimeter with the second along the north site perimeter. The access drives terminate into the visitor parking spaces along the north and east sides of the building. On the North (Visitor Entrance) & South (Employee Entrance) sides of the building there are entrances. There are also secondary entrances located on the west and east façades, leading to the main ground floor corridor and lobby area.

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