建成于2011年的加州丰塔纳（Fontana）交通管理中心（IETMC）是由AECOM事务所设计的，主要容纳了两个部门：加州运输部和加州公路巡查队。这座中心的主要职责是管理加州南部两个县的交通，它位于一个高度易震地区，周围有三条地震断裂带。
      为了能让这座建筑在7.5级地震的情况下依然可以工作，AECOM事务所的工程组结合高科技设计了一座基座隔离系统，能够让建筑水平移动26英寸，而不会造成运营中断或者结构损害。这一系统由31个天然橡胶制作的隔离器与8个液体润滑器组成。这一装置在加州大学圣地亚哥实验室进行了严格测试。
      作为第一座LEED金级认证的服务设施，IETMC节约了大量的能耗，橡胶隔离器也为其可持续性加分，因为它是可以快速回收的资源，占据整个材料成本的5%。而且利用光能管道后，内部控制室不需要电力照明变能点亮。只要有可能，室内空间都会利用直接的阳光照射。
      1万平方英尺的数据中心由线缆支撑，这样即便地震产生移动，灵活的管道接合和环形的线缆布局都能够让建筑系统吸收地震波。

New traffic management center engineered to survive earthquakes and conserve resources.
A new Caltrans and Highway Patrol facility in Fontana, California, is being recognized for unprecedented sustainability in a high-demand building. The Inland Empire Transportation Management Center (IETMC) is the first "essential services facility" — a building type with high energy and performance demands — to achieve LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Essential services facilities must remain operational during a natural disaster. In a region with three major fault lines, including the San Andreas, the IETMC posed a particular challenge. AECOM was tasked to create an environmentally sustainable building that can withstand a magnitude 7.5 earthquake without structural damage or interruption to sensitive telecommunications equipment.

"On a normal day the IETMC will electronically monitor hundreds of miles of freeway," said Syed Raza, interim district director, California Department of Transportation. “But in the event of a major disaster, this facility is designed to maintain continuous operations and serve as a CHP and Caltrans emergency operations center. We’re very proud to demonstrate that high technology and sustainability can coexist. It is also a great work environment for our employees.”

The threefold puzzle of seismic safety, telecommunication reliability, and environmental sustainability was solved by high-performance buildings specialists at AECOM. (Learn more about the building’s design and engineering strategies.)

"Minimizing the environmental footprint of a facility with hi-tech demands is a challenge, but an integrated approach allowed our team to optimize sustainable design strategies combined with robust, low-impact solutions," said Alastair MacGregor, leader of AECOM’s high-performance buildings group.

The building’s earthquake risk is minimized by a base-isolation system mounted between the foundation and structure that dissipates seismic energy. "The base isolation system of natural rubber isolators and viscous fluid dampers allows the facility to move horizontally over two feet in any direction and return to its resting position," said Tom Grant, an associate vice president of building engineering for AECOM. "The engineering challenge included accommodating this movement within the building’s architectural, electrical and plumbing systems."

The team’s sustainable design for IETMC reduces controllable energy use by 30 percent and potable water use by 50 percent over typical buildings of this kind. It retains 100 percent of storm water on site, eliminating any impact on surrounding areas during flash floods. Sensitive construction practices used 24 percent recycled materials and diverted over 75 percent of potential construction waste.

Project management of the facility’s design and construction was provided by the project management branch of the California Department of General Services Administration.