Purpose-Built Shelter Public Meetings

media release: Please join the City of Madison and design staff from Dimension IV at one of the three upcoming public information meetings for a progress update.  Click HERE pdf  for the Public Information Meeting flyer.

• Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 at 6 p.m., via Zoom. Registration is required prior at this link: Sept. 13, 2023 Public Information Meeting Registration
• Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 6-7:30 p.m. at Hawthorne Library, 2707 E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI  53704
• Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 6-7:30 p.m. at the East Madison Community Center, 8 Straubel Ct. Madison, WI  53704
• Sept. 27, 2023, 6-7:30 p.m., via Zoom. Registration is required prior: Sept. 27, 2023 Public Information Meeting Registration

The latest progress floor plan from our Design Development stage can be found HERE pdf.  We will be presenting this at the upcoming public information meetings and to the Urban Design Commission.

As part of the design process for the Bartillon Homeless Shelter, a geothermal test bore and thermal conductivity test was completed between early August and early Sept 2023. This is one of the first steps required when designing a geothermal system for larger commercial buildings and provides the design team accurate information about ground conditions. The accurate ground information from both the bore and the conductivity test allow the design team to size the geothermal system. The bore is ~6 inches in diameter and 500 feet deep. It is installed in both the upper and lower aquifer, but outside of Unit Well 15’s Wellhead Protection Zone. A HDPE U-bend pipe was inserted into the bore and the space around the pipe was filled with grout that seals the bore space completely. Testing equipment, running from a generator, was connected to the ends of the pipe at the surface for ~72 hours. This bore will be re-used when the full system is installed as part of the future construction project, which will be permitted by the WI Dept of Natural Resources (WDNR) with input from the Madison Water Utility. We anticipate about 40 of these bores to be installed with the future construction project.