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Approach & Work Plan This proposal will outline the services to be provided to the City of Orono to design and renovate the existing public works building as a fire station facility. Oertel Architects and our team will provide complete architectural and engineering design and construction administration services for the building as well as all associated site and landscape work. By working closely with the City’s project manager, stakeholders, and staff, we will work diligently to achieve the Fire Department’s specific goals and project objectives. The City is at the beginning of an exciting and challenging chapter. The establishment of a new Fire Department will be an improvement for the City of Orono’s citizens and firefighters alike. This fire station is not simply a place where trucks and equipment are stored, it’s a building that will serve as the center of operations for the station and provide a critical contribution to the overall preparedness, consistency, and quality of life of the staff. Providing a safe, healthy, and comfortable environment for firefighters is paramount to the success of the project. Key design factors for your facility include: 1. Health safety: Red/transition/ green zone layout 2. Provide training spaces for a variety of situations and equipment 3. Provide space for community outreach programs 4. Provide natural lighting throughout the facility 5. Provide a mixture of “active” and “quiet” areas for use by staff 6. Provide functional and operational spaces appropriate for fire service readiness, emergence operations, and fire service training 7. Provide comfortable finishes and furnishings while maintaining a high-level of durability 8. Provide appropriate air ventilation, specifically at the vehicle areas 9. Provide enhanced separation of hot, transition, and cold zones for hazard mitigation 10. Provide safe but useable “common-sense” security measures for firefighters, equipment, and materials 11. Provide design flexibility to adapt to the changing nature of the department over time 12. Provide design compatible with the surrounding commercial and residential lots 13. Provide design which is efficient in materials, space, and energy to be a good steward of public monies 14. Provide sustainable design elements for the building and surrounding site features REVIEW PRE-DESIGN The City has already completed a preliminary department analysis for this project that will provide an excellent starting point for review with City and fire staff. Having a consistent and informed basis for the initial review and decision-making process will be of great benefit to the overall project and help expedite the initial pre-design phase. Our first task will be to create the Purpose and Needs Statement through discussions with staff, and a review of the department’s goals/ future direction. We will use this Purpose and Needs Statement as a framework to help delineate more specifically the ‘how and what’ this facility will provide for the City. Items in the Framework will include Economic, Functional, Physical, Sustainable, Service and Environmental measures. This Framework will provide the Basis of Design for which future project decisions will be gauged. The Basis of Design will also ensure we stay on task to meet the desired timeline of the City. With a Statement and Framework in place, we will review the preliminary space needs program outlined in the concept needs and update/alter to match the current space and potential future needs of the department. The output from the programming phase will establish a baseline of spaces and design criteria including: • Space Size • Adjacencies • Fixtures and Equipment • Architectural Finishes • Lighting • Mechanical/Electrical Systems • Technology Requirements • Sustainability Features • Special Criteria All of the factors will be captured and tracked on a series of worksheets. These worksheets will be updated throughout the project as part of an overall “Project Snapshot” to ensure that everyone is, quite literally, on the same page and will serve as the master reference for tracking the project’s program, scope, and detailed requirements. After the project scope is solidified, if the City requires, we will assist the City with any required public engagement including open houses, neighborhood meetings, mailers, website updates, news articles, etc. Given the timeline of the project to this point, it will be important to keep the process and results as transparent as possible. PROPOSAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING SERVICES- ORONO FIRE STATION OERTEL ARCHITECTS- 9