Gillespie County AgriLife Building and Facility Maintenance and Technology Services Building

Project overview

Vanir has served Gillespie County since 2011 and continued this long-term relationship by providing design criteria architect and project management services for the County’s new, award-winning AgriLife Building and Facility Maintenance and Technology Services (FMTS) Building. This was the County’s first project completed utilizing a design-build delivery method and one of the first large-scale design-build commercial construction projects in all of Fredericksburg, Texas. The project included:

  • AgriLife Building: A new 13,880-square-foot facility that houses the County’s/Texas A&M University’s AgriLife Extension Service. The facility includes administrative and flex office spaces, restrooms, a large multi-purpose/BB gun range with operable wall partitions, a demonstration kitchen, a 4-H classroom, storage, a conference room, entry canopies and a dedicated parking lot for County vehicles.
  • FMTS: A new 8,514-square-foot facility that houses the County’s FMTS departments. The building includes administrative and flex office spaces, restrooms, storage, a repair shop, a wood shop, entry canopies and a dedicated, secured parking lot for County vehicles.

Vanir’s performance throughout the entire process was outstanding. We feel that we would not have achieved the positive cost and schedule results without Vanir’s expert representation…”

– Charles Olfers, Gillespie County Commissioner, Precinct 1

Awards

2021 CMAA North Texas – Project Achievement Award, New Buildings Less Than $5 Million

Fredericksburg, Texas
Gillespie County
Architect

Design-Build Architect: Mustard Design

Contractor

Design-Build Contractor: Lehne Construction

Square Footage
AgriLife Building: 13,880 SF; FMTS Building: 8,514 SF
Construction Cost
AgriLife Building: $2.8 Million; FMTS Building: $2.1 Million
Start Date
AgriLife Building: 2019; FMTS Building: 2020
Completion Date
AgriLife Building: 2020; FMTS Building: 2021