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    FDOT District Five Regional Transportation Management Center

    Sanford, FL

    FDOT District Five Regional Transportation Management Center is a transportation operations center in Sanford, FL. It is part of the Mills & Nebraska project portfolio, completed 2020.

    Exterior of the FDOT District Five Regional Transportation Management Center in Sanford, Florida, a one-story building behind a row of palm trees

    About the project

    The FDOT District Five Regional Transportation Management Center at 4975 Wilson Road in Sanford is a roughly 45,000 square foot operations center designed to be hurricane resistant. It houses more than 100 traffic managers and Florida Highway Patrol Troop D dispatchers who monitor highways across Central Florida around the clock.

    Verified project details

    • The District Five RTMC is located at 4975 Wilson Road, Sanford, FL 32771. [1]
    • FDOT describes the building as 44,994 square feet, housing more than 100 traffic managers along with Florida Highway Patrol Troop D dispatchers. [1]
    • The center operates around the clock, monitoring about 795 miles of highways and state roads in Central Florida. [1]
    • FDOT states the facility was designed to be hurricane resistant so it can keep operating during severe weather. [1]
    • The center monitors Brevard, Volusia, Flagler, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Sumter, Lake and Marion counties. [2]

    What openings in 24/7 government operations centers typically require

    General requirements for this building type under the codes and standards that commonly apply. They are not a list of the products supplied on this project; each opening follows the project's drawings, hardware schedule and code review.

    • Access-controlled doors with electrified hardware and card readers separating public, office and operations floor areas.
    • Exterior openings rated for elevated wind loads under the Florida Building Code, common on facilities designed to keep operating through hurricanes.
    • Fire-rated door assemblies installed per NFPA 80 at server, telecommunications and equipment rooms, often with secure locking and audit-trail access control.
    • Hardware meeting the 2010 ADA Standards in public and staff areas, including lever trim and accessible opening force.

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