Post Architects LLC

East Baton Rouge Parish Safe Room breaks ground!

The DUAL-USE HURRICANE SAFE ROOM AND TRAINING CENTER designed by Post Architects for East Baton Rouge Parish first responders is now under construction! The long awaited groundbreaking of the new facility was held last month at the Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (MOHSEP) facility located at 3773 Harding Blvd. - also designed by Post Architects. The facility will serve as a staging area for emergency workers during natural disasters and a large-scale training center throughout the year. It is a one-story, 16,580 square foot building with two large training rooms that can be subdivided into four smaller rooms, food/water storage, a break room, restrooms with showers, and support spaces. It is on full generator power and will be able to house around 700 emergency crews during a natural disaster. The building, which is designed to withstand 250 mph winds per FEMA P-361 requirements, will be complete in approximately a year. Deumite Construction is the general contractor. The design team includes: AST Engineers (Mechanical, Fire Protection, Plumbing, Electrical, and Data), McKnight Landscape Architects, Ragland Aderman Engineers (Civil Structural) and Southeast Engineers (Civil Site).

Check out the article below from WAFB for more information:
https://www.wafb.com/2022/08/23/construction-begins-ebr-safe-room-first-responders/

Lisa Nice awarded AIA Presidential Citation Award

The Louisiana Chapter of the American Institute of Architects is proud to bestow upon Lisa H. Nice for her leadership and commitment in chairing the Advocacy Committee and its Incidental Practice Taskforce efforts in finding a solution to the challenges around the practice and protecting the profession. Working in close collaboration with other organizations and agencies at the National and State levels in seeking to define guidelines respecting other professions' practice laws as well as strengthening those of architects within the state.