By Alan M. Petrillo

Round Lake (NY) Fire Department, which protects 20 square miles encompassing the village of Round Lake, the town of Malta, and part of the town of Ballston, had outgrown its main station, a 40-year-old pre-engineered metal Butler-type building in need of extensive renovation and that lacked the space needed to house the department’s larger and heavier fire vehicles, including a 75-foot aerial ladder quint. The department turned to Bonacio Construction Inc. to build a new station under a design-build contract.

“The towns of Malta and Ballston have grown tremendously in the last 20 years,” says Fred Sievers, Round Lake’s past chief and chair of the building committee. “The village has 700 residents, and there are 22,000 in the surrounding district. We wanted the new station to encompass the design of hot and cold zones, which was not possible in our older main station. Round Lake Hose Company, a non-profit corporation, engaged Bonacio, and we worked with them to interview three architects. We chose Balzer & Tuck Architecture because of their willingness to work with us on the design to reflect the adjacent Victorian historic district that’s on the National Register.”

Shawn Corp, senior associate at Balzer & Tuck, says the architects met with department representatives several times to discuss the layout of the new station. “There was great communication on the project,” Corp note

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