The Isle of Palms Public Service Building is a 15,000 sq. ft. building originally designed by an out-of-state architectural firm and constructed in 2010 to house The City’s Fire Department, Police Station, and other administrative offices. Upon completion of the building, the owner noticed problems with moisture intrusion, indoor air-quality and other functional issues with the building. In 2019, Coast Architects and their design-build team of Trident Construction, MECA and GWA was selected to identify and resolve these issues.

The final design encompassed the removal and redesign of the exterior facade, improvements to the building envelope, reworking the mechanical system to balance the interior building pressure and eliminate existing humidity issues, replacement of the roofing, and miscellaneous plumbing and electrical repairs.