By Alan M. Petrillo

The Hamilton Township (OH) Fire Department had an outdated and undersized fire station near its fire administration headquarters that needed to be replaced. The township worked with its criteria architect SMP Design to establish the use of the land and the potential layout of a new station, then put out an RFQ (request for qualifications) to a number of architectural firms. After several presentations, the township awarded a design-build contract for Fire Station 76 to SMP Design and Turner Construction.

Kevin Spector, chief creative officer for SMP Design, says SMP had worked with Turner Construction’s Special Projects Division in completing two previous ground-up fire station facilities. “After we were selected as the architect and engineering design team, we worked with the criteria architect and the township to optimize planning, connectivity, and adjacencies of program elements, and met an aggressive timeline that had been set to deliver a comprehensive design package,” Spector says.

The resulting station, valued at $4,600,000, is 14,750 square feet, e

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