Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter

This building creates a safe haven for dogs, cats, and other stray animals to find their forever home. 

Served as Structural Engineer of Record and Agent 1 Special Inspector for the design of a 29,700 square foot, single-story animal control facility. Scope included preparing as-built drawings. The shelter is a collaborative venture supported by four separate Hampton Roads communities: Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, and York County. This state-of-the-art facility is managed and operated by the City of Newport News on behalf of the four jurisdictions. This "open-admission" shelter contains a full-service veterinary clinic and has a capacity for approximately 100 dogs and 180 cats, as well as pocket pets and other small companion animals. The shelter's primary responsibilities include holding stray animals until they can be reunited with their owners, rehoming owner-surrendered pets, and facilitating pet adoptions. The shelter also houses animal control offices for the participating jurisdictions. $7.4M. 

Owner | City of Newport News 
General Contractor | MGT Construction 
Architect | Waller, Todd & Sadler