b'28 SJCFACILITIES The top floor of the Facilities Administrative Building is landsideand from home, or to simply clean up after a shift.to facilitate deliveries and meetings with non-airport personnel. Facilities work can be quite dirty, Mar notes. (Staff members) like a place to change out of their work clothes and shower.Such humanizing aspects are signature touches for Mar, whose early work focused on residential architecture. A decade ago, her team was asked to assist on a $32 million fire station project at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) through a joint venture with Shah Kawasaki Architects. MarJang team members were brought on board to help make the firehouses institutional space feel more like a home, Mar explains.After the SFO project wrapped in 2017, MarJang successfully competed for SJCs Station 20 contractthis time emerging in the lead design architect role. It later secured design work for an ARFF station at Monterey Regional Airport Its a relatively small footprint, Shoemaker says. The design(MRY), also in Northern California. That $9.7 million facility team did great economizing the space we had to work with. came online in 2023. Were probably one of a few architects that have three A Green House ARFF stations, Mar comments, adding that her firm is In line with SJCs overall environmental philosophy, the projectpresently working with Gensler on a large project for U.S. has also achieved LEED Silver Certification. The buildings featureCustoms and Border Protection at SFO. 15 parking spaces for electric vehicles (with eight chargingRegardless of a buildings intended use, Mars philosophy for stations), LED lighting and built-in connections for a futurepublic safety projects is simple and consistent: make spaces rooftop solar photovoltaic system. Plumbing was designed tocomfortable for workers whose jobs are often stressful. She limit water waste while recycling gray water for landscapingalso recognizes the importance of delivering value for taxpayer purposes. Mens and womens locker rooms include showers dollars. When completing jobs in the Bay Area, Mar notes her an important amenity for encouraging employees to bicycle to PA AI 4.625x4.625 MarApr.pdf 1 2/20/2025 8:14:20 PM team members are often working for ourselves given their status as local taxpayers. Because the new buildings at SJC would Where Did Your Customer be employees home away from home, Frazier and SJC management openly communicated with frontline workers to shape the end Park? We Know! product. With efficiencies in mind, everyone from plumbers to electricians to painters Never waste time searchingoffered input about what they neededand for a customers car again.what they could live withoutin their new workspaces. And their input was specific, C Equipped with License Plateright down to the placement of storage areas M Recognition (LPR), ouror the layout of specific tables and benches.Y Automated Parking GuidanceIn the end, Frazier credits Ruffo, Overaa and CM System (APGS) pinpoints MarJang for listening and striving to meet the MY a vehicles exact locationneeds of his employees. Voices were heard, he says. And my staff CY in seconds. Its parkingmembers have all been really excited about CMY guidance redefined.whats been delivered.K Contact us to learn how! Looking back, Ruffo says hes proud thatparkassist.com the buildings were engineered with the long term in mind, despite their hurried beginnings.Weve designed buildings that will meet the needs of Facilities and Fleet Maintenance 30 years from now, he reflects. Even when the terminals expand and we have a larger workforce, these buildings will not be obsolete. March | April 2025AirportImprovement.com'