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Board approves guaranteed maximum price for new Fire Station 6 in south Hot Springs
Summary
The board adopted a resolution authorizing work order 25-01 with Hill and Cox Corporation under the citys CMAR contract to build a new Fire Station 6 for a guaranteed maximum price of $3,623,238 and directed a budget transfer to the Fire Fund.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved work order 25-01 to Hill and Cox Corporation under the city's construction-manager-at-risk (CMAR) contract for the construction of Fire Station 6 on First Security Way.
Why it matters: The new station is intended to improve fire and rescue coverage south of King Expressway and provide space for a three-vehicle apparatus bay plus living quarters for five firefighters. City staff said the project has been value-engineered to reduce cost while preserving operational needs.
Fire Chief Ed Davis told the board the single-story, 7,445-square-foot building combines an R-3 residential sleeping/day room area and an S-2 apparatus bay designed to house three trucks. Chief Davis said the guaranteed maximum price (GMP) in work order 25-01 is $3,623,238 and that value engineering reduced cost by $136,854. The work order follows the November 2024 CMAR contract with Hill and Cox and the December 2023 property acquisition at First Security Way.
Chief Davis explained staffing and equipment implications: the city will maintain current Lakeshore station staffing and minimum manning standards unless or until annexation or growth requires reallocation of an aerial device; minimum manning for an aerial device is two personnel and for an engine company is three.
Board members praised the project as long-awaited. Director Karen Garcia thanked staff and Hill and Cox for advancing a project residents have asked for “for decades.” The board approved the required budget adjustments and the resolution authorizing the work order.
Implementation: the project was presented with bid tabulations, finalized plans and a certificate of budget availability. Staff said funding will be moved into the Fire Fund and that the GMP will be the construction budget. Chief Davis said Hill and Cox and Crafton-Tull architects completed subcontractor vetting, competitive bidding for subcontracts, and value engineering prior to the work order.
Quote
"The number 6 fire station is a single story, 7,445 square foot structure... Work order number 2501 establishes the guaranteed maximum price of $3,623,238," Fire Chief Ed Davis said in his presentation.
Ending
With the board's approval, staff will execute work order 25-01 with Hill and Cox and proceed with construction planning and budget transfers; the board asked staff to return with schedule and progress milestones as construction begins.
