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Miami County Highway Maintenance Facility Peru, Indiana Miami County was operating from two different garage locations, neither of which provided them with enough truck service bays, equipment storage, or administrative space. BW Development, BW Construction, and RQAW | DCCM developed, designed, and administered the facility, which improved overall operational efficiency and addressed the County’s needs. At over 49,000 sf, the $4.9M facility is nearly twice the size of the two old garages combined. It includes a heated parking area for trucks, six mechanic bays, a welding area, a wash bay, and administrative/office space. The site provides ample space for future expansion, if needed. This project was completed in 2018. 

Hobart Police, Court & Community Center Hobart, Indiana The 15 departments occupying two facilities for Hobart City Hall and Police Station had far outgrown their existing, 18,747-sf space, which had numerous security and ADA issues. RQAW | DCCM was contracted to assist the City of Hobart with defining a long-term solution to their space problems. RQAW | DCCM initially provided a strategic planning study and conceptual design for the city, then developed a 174,679-sf design for the Hobart Police Station, Court, and Community Center by revitalizing a former high school/middle school. A third of the building was demolished for parking, a third was renovated, and the remaining third will be used for future growth. RQAW | DCCM addressed the space deficiency, parking problems, and staffing projections for the future in the design, satisfying both the immediate and long-term needs of each department. This project also provided a public safety answering point (PSAP) location and allowed preservation of the Brickie Bowl, a historic football stadium, which would not have otherwise been affordable. The Brickie Bowl is a public asset, and the police department can use this space for training. The design and location, one block from City Hall, led to a revitalization of the downtown area. This project was completed in 2011. 

Harrison County Government Center Corydon, Indiana Defining the 25-year space needs for 33 County administration/taxing, service, and judicial departments involved a comprehensive planning process that included projection modeling, existing space analysis and related adjustments, staffing projections, space programming, conceptual design cost estimating, comparative analysis to similar counties for the 25-year population and staff projections, and implementation planning analysis. Once the planning process defined the needs, it was determined the best solution would be to renovate three vacated buildings at the County’s previous medical complex consisting of two medical office buildings and an old hospital. Some sections of the hospital were demolished, and the remaining 86,000-sf shared among the three buildings was planned to maximize operational efficiencies and renovated to reduce operational and utility costs. Taking advantage of the existing space at the previous medical campus satisfied the County’s immediate and long-term space needs, allowed for a logical grouping of departments to enhance operational efficiencies, maintained centralized services for the convenience of the Harrison County residents, eliminated the cost of leased space, solved the dilemma of what to do with unmarketable buildings at the vacated hospital campus, reduced the cost of new construction by 40%, and expedited the delivery schedule of the project by six to eight months. This project was completed in 2009. 

Valparaiso Parking Garage Valparaiso, Indiana RQAW | DCCM and its design partners worked with the City of Valparaiso to design a 5-story, 365 space parking structure to serve its residents, while keeping a keen focus on construction efficiencies and architectural integration.  The 127,368 square foot structure is a two-bay, single-threaded helix with two-way traffic, precast concrete system that consists of prestressed double tees supported on precast spandrels, lite wall, inverted tee beams, and columns. with a prefabricated panel façade system.  The façade was designed to be aesthetically compatible with the downtown’s historic 1900’s aesthetics while meeting the height restrictions with a raised planter beds. The exterior design elements were optimized with penalization in mind to streamline the construction process. 

Fishers Parks Community Center Fishers, Indiana This new 105,000 square foot recreation center will be a gathering space for residents, bringing the community together through health and wellness with amenities including a large indoor playground, indoor track, dog park, aquatics facility with a 2-story waterslide, and cafe. The center will also be the new home of the Fishers Health Department and Outside The Box’s adult day program to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. RQAW | DCCM played an advisory role during the Design Development Phase of this project. The primary responsibility emerged during the Construction Document Phase, where the team documented the exterior facade of the building which encompassed various elements including roof plans, exterior elevations, storefront/curtainwall details, building sections, wall sections, exterior shell detailing, precast panel elevations, and ComCheck. Additionally, RQAW | DCCM attended the on-site meetings and prepared field reports. During the construction phase, we reviewed exterior envelope submittals. Construction is set to be completed in the fall of 2025. Rendering Credit: Williams Architects 

Griffith Town Hall & Police Station Griffith, Indiana RQAW | DCCM is currently designing a new two-story Town Hall and Police Station for the Town of Griffith. The facility will be approximately 27,000 sf and is designed to meet the needs of the varying departments, including Clerk/Treasurer, Building Department, Public Works, and Police. The structure will be steel frame with concrete slab over composite metal deck at the floors and a metal roof deck at the roof. The interior partitions will be steel stud construction. There will be one machine room-less elevator and three steel pan stairs with concrete toppers. There will also be two pull-in sally port bays and one bay for evidence storage. The intent of the design is to provide a serviceable, functional structure at as reasonable a cost as possible.