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Council awards design contract for new Fire Station 1 to SEH; approval contingent on legal review
Summary
The Common Council voted to award the architectural and engineering design contract for a new Fire Station 1 to Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH). Council tied final approval to the city attorney's review of the contract. The planned station is roughly 40,000 square feet and officials said the design schedule is aggressive.
The Common Council voted Dec. 16 to award an architectural and engineering design contract for a proposed new Fire Station 1 to Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH), with final approval contingent on review by the city attorney.
City staff presented the recommendation to select SEH after a quality‑based selection process. Max (City staff) said the city used purchasing policy procedures and a 10‑member selection committee reviewed seven proposals before recommending SEH.
Trevor Frank, a senior architect with SEH, told the council his team has specialized experience in fire stations and emergency facilities and said the firm can meet the city’s schedule. “We were asked in our interview if we thought there was…
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