Jefferson Parish Westbank Animal Shelter

GovernmentMunicipal FacilityNew Construction

Since 1976, Gibbs Construction has been the team behind the buildings where we all work and play, grow up, grow smart, and grow old. We're the hardhats you've seen on almost every campus, on every corner. The group behind the Superdome re-skin. The Smoothie King Arena. The Audubon Institute's Cool Zoo. The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. We work to ensure that every project we touch truly becomes part of the neighborhoods we love.

Jefferson Parish Westbank Animal Shelter

Budget: $9.8M
Size: 29,939 SF
Owner: Jefferson Parish Capital Projects
Architect: Burgdahl & Graves Architects
Completion: 2016
Delivery: Hard Bid

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The West Bank Animal Shelter is a new state-of-the-art, nearly 30,000 square foot facility constructed of two-sided scored concrete masonry units with light-gauge steel trusses.

A full 40% of the building consists of four large dog kennel corridors, containing a total of 86 pairs of kennels. Each kennel boasts both an air-conditioned interior section and an adjacent interior/exterior section facing the courtyard. The exterior walls separating the kennels from the courtyard contain a total of 36 steel rollup doors, allowing the dogs access to the fresh air. Over half of the building has epoxy resinous flooring; it was built to be as washable and corrosion-proof as possible.

The facility was designed with several cheerful and fun touches. For example, the dog adoption room has kennels decorated with brightly colored panels and matching glass blocks in the walls; when the courtyard rollup doors are open, the sunlight illuminates the colored glass.