U-Haul Moving and Storage of Fifth Ward Receives LEED-CI Certification Silver ...

The U-Haul Moving and Storage of Fifth Ward project utilized an existing industrial warehouse built in the early 1930s that was located in Milwaukee's Fifth Ward district, which has been getting attention recently with the city's plans to stimulate growth in the area. U-Haul worked hard to retrofit this industrial building to be used as a do-it-yourself moving and self-storage facility, with sustainability in mind.

The project included restructuring a 3,371 square foot area, to be used as a retail showroom. The space was located within an existing heavy-steel-frame structure enclosed by brick walls and a wood roof. The brick walls were repurposed into double-wythe walls by similar bricks acquired from another building in Milwaukee built in the same time frame. "The primary goal for the U-Haul Team was to reuse and recycle as much material as feasible, while installing as many new sustainable design features as possible," stated Mike Schneider, president, U-Haul Company of Eastern Wisconsin.

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