City of Winter Haven Fire Station No. 1 Facility

Envisors was retained to work under a construction manager at risk arrangement with the City of Winter Haven and McCree Design Builders to prepare the civil site engineering construction plans, assist with the attainment of permits, and perform construction observation and certification services for the Winter Haven Fire Station No. 1 facility located at Avenue G and U.S. 17 South. The new 21,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility will be the City’s first “green” structure as a Silver level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified building.

Envisors’ project scope consisted of designing and permitting for the construction of the Fire Station No. 1 facility, which included a new vehicle maintenance facility, fire administration building, and fire station apparatus bays. Other components of this facility include an interconnected walkway and courtyard, handicap accommodations and ADA accessibility features, sleeping quarters, and vehicle storage and washdown facilities. Envisors’ work included the preparation of dimensioned site plans, grading and drainage plans, and potable water, reuse water, and sanitary sewer plans for the 2-acre site. This project was reviewed by the City of Winter Haven, Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Florida Water Management District, and Polk County Health Department.

Several “green” site sustainability aspects were incorporated into the civil site design to help achieve LEED silver status for this project. For example, great effort was put into preserving the very large and mature oak trees onsite. This required several iterations of grading design and complicated the design finished floor elevation and stormwater management pond design. As a result, retaining walls were needed to achieve the desired result. In addition reuse water was designed to feed the interior building toilets and outdoor irrigation to minimize the use of potable water.

Construction is slated to begin in the summer of 2009 and be completed in the winter of 2009.