Anniston, Alabama

In 2018, the Armory Commission of Alabama engaged JMR+H Architecture to provide a Project Planning Document Charrette (PPDC) to prepare the documentation for validation and planning analysis for an Enlisted Barracks Transient Training Area in Anniston, Alabama. These projects are a component of the Real Property Master Plan (RPMP) to provide support to the Ft. McClellan Training Center. In 2019, the Armory Commission issued a contract for the JMR+H Group to provide construction documents and contract administration for the project.

This project consists of enlisted barracks, a transient training facility with a Battalion Headquarters, Company Supply / Administrative Buildings, Transient Training that supports annual training and inactive duty training for units conducting training at a location other than assigned home station (in other words, Reserve Component soldiers at annual training sites and Active Component soldiers training away from home station).

The enlisted barracks will be constructed to provide Fort McClellan Army National Guard Training Center (FM-ARNG TC) modern and efficient housing facilities to schedule for unit training activities. Additionally, this project delivers the necessary space to support a Battalion Headquarters element and Company Supply / Administrative buildings. Currently, units are scheduling annual training and inactive duty training periods at other locations because of a shortage of available space in these functional areas and the continued use of WWII wooden buildings is no longer practical or safe.

These facilities include: 59,735 SF Billeting Facilities; 12,412 SF of Dining Facilities; 7,166 SF Battalion Headquarters Facility; 20,555 SF Company Supply / Admin Facilities; 9,938 SF BN Maintenance Shelter Facility. The design of these facilities includes state of the art maintenance operations and equipment programing combining sustainable design practices and technologies. Exterior site components were integrated into the design to include storm retention, heavy-duty military paving design, Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) paving, vehicle barriers, and components as required for accommodating ATFP criteria.