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Committee resists small cuts to dorms and lockers, favors program consistency
Summary
After a study of three floor-plan schemes, committee members urged keeping the program baseline (plan 1) to preserve dorms, locker space and operational needs; board members suggested value engineering on materials rather than removing living/operational spaces.
Architects presented three schemes that vary the number of firefighter dorms and locker counts to reduce square footage toward a 20,000-sq-ft target. One architect summarized the trade-offs and recommended keeping the program baseline: "I feel like we should stick with plan 1, we should stick with the program," he said, arguing that the loss of a dorm room or lockers would create longer-term operational shortfalls.
Multiple committee members echoed that small reductions (100–300 sq ft) yield minimal construction savings but can harm firefighter operations and morale. Members recommended focusing on value engineering—material choices, curb details and other components that generate real dollars—rather than cutting functional program spaces.
