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900 S. Wolfe Street – TBC Headquarters

This three-story, 31,000 sq, ft., historically accurate, iron spot and glazed brick office building in Fells Point is home to Trahan Burden Charles (TBC), one of the largest advertising agencies on the East Coast. The design challenge was to provide a structure of this size, capable of being leased to multiple tenants, in keeping with the height and scale of the adjacent structures. The geometry of the site required that the building front on each of the three streets and provide as much natural light as was possible from the narrow ends of the building.

The resulting structure features intricate, articulated, brick facades and corbeling, with incised granite accents at the exterior. Operable windows, exposed 2-by-8 wood plank decking, exposed composite wood/steel trusses, exposed spiral duct and interior brick walls, recycled wood flooring, glass block, rubber tile, and carpeting all create a modern interior belying the more traditional exterior construction.

Spaces constructed for TBC’s work include special audio visual areas, a dubbing/editing room for voice over work, a film studio, arts department, first floor executive lounge, large client conference room, and the computer server room with its separate Liebert HVAC unit.

The third floor clerestory provides natural light throughout the studio space, and interior office partitions include fixed light accents to transmit natural lighting. Private balconies on the third floor are accessed from the conference room and executive office. Core areas for stairways and back-of-house spaces are located along the side walls to assure the fullest impact of the window walls. The 5-foot grade differential between the two ends of the building is barely visible to all but the most vigilant observer.

Belmont Park Apartments

Located on Featherbed Lane in Woodlawn, Maryland, this garden style apartment community is strategically situated just minutes from the I-695 / I-70 interchange, surrounded by a variety of nearby retail amenities and other conveniences. CAM completed this 156-unit infill project amidst a dense, mature suburban neighborhood, to compliment the existing single family housing stock in the area. Sitweork across the roughly 9 acres included substantial landscaping, parking lots, a playground, and walking trails around and over a creek. The project utilized HUD/DHCD financing, and required compliance with associated construction standards at the state and federal level.

Annapolis Data Center (Comptroller of Maryland)

The Annapolis Data Center (“ADC”)  is home to the Office of the Comptroller’s Information Technology Division, amongst other occupants and functions. This secure DGS facility provides mainframe computer services for its parent agency, the Comptroller of Maryland, as well as many other State agencies. The ADC’s operational costs are fully reimbursed from its customers via charges for computer usage and services rendered. The ADC is the largest of the five mainframe data centers in the Maryland State government. Some of the applications supported by the ADC include the Maryland State Integrated Tax (SMART) System, the State Payroll System, the Maryland State Financial Management and Information System (FMIS), and Medicaid.

This 64,000 sqft Georgian-style building was constructed to enable critical revenue collection services and taxpayer data storage for all citizens across the State of Maryland. It was equipped with cutting edge technology at the time, which has been updated repeatedly as systems evolve. The building is integrated seamlessly within the historic state office building complex, with connecting links to adjacent structures constructed much earlier in the 20th century. It was designed to mimic the traditional architecture seen across the State Capitol, consistent with the brick pavers and colonial aesthetic of the surrounding streetscape. It is a fine example of the grand civic buildings which identify the center of the city.

Bay Ridge Garden Apartments

This suburban community consists of 198 affordable, garden-style apartment units in suburban Annapolis, MD. CAM acted as a liaison between the ownership group, which developed these newly constructed units using HUD/HCD financing. The project involved significant sitework, grading, paving, new utility connections, and landscaping/site furnishings. The units remain income restricted and offer a critical source of housing in a submarket of Maryland which suffers from a shortage of affordable rental options for lower to middle income residents.

Harford County Public Library – Bel Air Branch

The project included selective demolition, renovations, and new construction for a two-story, 44,0000-square foot addition to an existing occupied library. Also included was significant earthwork, sediment and erosion control, a storm drainage system, sanitary storm sewers, and landscaping.

The structure was built on a deep foundation system, with cast-in-place concrete decks. Interior features included architectural woodwork, automatic entrance doors, acoustical wall panels, glass-reinforced gypsum units, pre-laminated wall panels, pedestrian control devices, lockers, and operable walls. Additional systems and equipment provided include kitchen, laundry, boilers, HVAC, cable TV, and intrusion detection.

St. Louis Parish Residence

St. Louis Parish Residence involved the new construction of a 5,700 square foot rectory.  The exterior is highlighted by a brick façade enhanced throughout the application of a special white wash coating. The white washed brick is adorned through the use of “Royal Building’s” board & batten vinyl siding applied vertically, and horizontally.

In addition to the exterior façade, the residence features include copper roofs, wood columns,  and custom dormers. The windows used in the residence were Aluminum clad wood windows with high performance, low-E glass utilizing simulated divided light.

The house is bordered by exquisite stone walkways and patios as well as  “Timber-tech decking”.