East Hartford, CT – Construction of the Blue Hills Volunteer Fire Department’s new fire station in Bloomfield, CT was recently completed.
Diversified Project Management, Inc. (DPM) was retained to assist the Blue Hills Fire District with the planning, design, and construction of its new, 7,500sf sub-station at 779 Blue Hills Avenue in Bloomfield. With a price tag of $3 million, Station No. 3 is designed to house today’s larger, more advanced fire apparatus, which carries more equipment and water than those built just 20 years ago.
The former station lacked the air-handling equipment for exhaust, had asbestos, an inefficient heating plant and dated back to when firefighters were all men and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act had never been thought of. Without downtime as an option, the project required that the existing station operations be relocated within the district so that the old structure could be demolished and the new one constructed in its place.
The project team included the Lawrence Associates architects; Lupachino & Salvatore, general contractors; Fuss & O’Neill EnviroScience, environmental consultants, as well as several engineering firms including Consulting Engineering Services, MEP; Kahn & Bayer, structural; and F. A. Hesketh & Associates, civil.
Blue Hills Fire Sub-Station Completed
East Hartford, CT – Construction of the Blue Hills Volunteer Fire Department’s new fire station in Bloomfield, CT was recently completed.