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London Ranger District Office Reconstruction
We're getting a new office!
The London Ranger District Office Compound, located at 761 S. Laurel Road in London, KY, will be demolished and completely reconstructed to make way for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s planned widening of U.S. Highway 25. The new office compound, to be constructed on the same site, will include increased accessibility features, additional restroom facilities and support the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service’s sustainability goals by achieving LEED Silver or higher.
Demolition and construction of the new London Ranger District Office is slated to begin in 2022 and will take place over the next two to three years. During this time, District staff will continue to provide visitor services from a shared workspace at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Laurel Dam Resource Manager's Office along Highway 1193 between Holly Bay Recreation Area and Laurel River Lake Dam and Spillway Beach area.
Process & Timeline
March 28-31 - The London Ranger District Office is closed to allow staff to vacate the existing office compound and move to a shared work space at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Laurel River Dam Resource Manager's Office.
April 5 - London Ranger District Office staff begin providing visitor services at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Laurel River Dam Resource Manager's Office.
Design Criteria & Unique Characteristics
All new Forest Service district offices must achieve LEED Silver certification or higher. Designing buildings that are sustainable is the right thing to do. Well-designed sustainable buildings increase employee productivity, enhance occupant comfort and health, reduce the impacts of natural resource consumption, lower costs of facilities in the long term, and minimize the strain on local infrastructure from growth and development.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to encourage adoption of sustainable building and development practices through generally understood and accepted performance criteria.
Design-build is a project delivery method in which the owner contracts with a single entity for both design and construction. The design-build contract is based on the owner's statement of project requirements.
Under a design-build contract, designers and builders work hand-in-hand to produce construction drawings and analyze a logical construction sequence. This single-source collaboration allows for both the design and construction to be completed in stages rather than working from a complete design from the outset of the project.
Project Funding
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Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA)
In March 2021, the USDA Forest Service announced the investment of $285 million to fund Great American Outdoors Act projects across the nation that will address critical deferred maintenance and improve transportation and recreation infrastructure.