USAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Headquarters and Recreational Facility
Norfolk, Virginia

LandMark Design Group was retained by USAA to provide planning, landscape architecture and civil engineering services for the development of recreational facilities at the USAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Headquarters Offices in Norfolk, Virginia. The project site is located adjacent to the offices on a 5.7-acre peninsula bounded by Lake Wright, a City of Norfolk reservoir.

Program requirements included a vehicular and pedestrian glued-laminated timber bridge over Lake Wright, two basketball/volleyball courts, two tennis courts, a pavilion structure, restroom facilities, an open playing field and a jogging trail with fitness stations.

As part of the design process, LandMark Design Group prepared several schematic Master Plans to explore various design alternatives with USAA. Preliminary construction estimates were also prepared to develop project budgets.

Due to a short time frame for construction and to maximize tree retention and protection, the site development was divided into two phases. The first phase included construction of a temporary bridge to gain access to the site, as well as initial clearing and seeding of the open playing fields, installation of soil erosion and sedimentation structures, tree protection fencing and selective tree removal.

Due to the nature of this project and its location surrounded by Lake Wright, a major water supply for Norfolk, LandMark Design Group worked closely with the City of Norfolk staff to retain vegetation and provide exemplary erosion and sediment control and water quality protection.

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