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Hernando County Emergency Operations and Communications Center
Hernando County, Florida
This two-story state of the art 18,500 SF joint-use facility is designed to withstand Category 5 hurricane forces. The first level provides the administrative offices for the County's Department of Emergency Management and the EOC. The EOC also is utilized by the Sheriff's Office daily for training and COMSTAT meetings. The upper level, occupied by the Sheriff's Office Information Services Department accommodates the County's E911 Communications Center, as well as the Information Technology Division. ADG assisted the County in developing a FEMA/State of Florida DCA grant application that awarded the project $900,000 in additional funding for the project.
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Martin County EOC/Public Safety Complex
Martin County, Florida
ADG served Martin County, Florida as the Design Criteria Architect / Expert Design Consultant; as well as Owner's Representative during final design and construction of the facility. This state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center provides space for the new joint communications/ 9-1-1/ dispatch center combining Law Enforcement with Fire-Rescue Emergency Services and administrative space for the Sheriff's Department and Emergency Services Department. The project is located at the County's Holt Law Enforcement Complex, and is designed as an addition to the Sheriff's existing 24,000 SF facility. The completed project totals 86,000 SF with a phase two remodeling of the existing sheriff's building.
The completed building is survivable with redundant environmental systems, 100% emergency power back-up and building design to resist sustained wind loads in excess of 190 MPH.
In addition to security and survivability criteria, the facility is wired for fiber-optics communication/data, and complete state-of-the-art audio visual backbone. The facility will be used for operations, training, and the County's Emergency Operations nerve center. Construction of the project uses the strong, yet economical site-cast, tilt-wall concrete system.
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Emergency Operations Center - St. Lucie County
St. Lucie County, Florida
This is a nuclear protected complex designed to allow County emergency communications and emergency operations to continue functioning in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. As a self-contained facility, it is capable of maintaining operations for several weeks, utilizing its self contained redundant systems for communications, portable water, sewage and emergency powers. The protection criteria was mandated as a result of facility's proximity to a nuclear power plant and meets all federal and local standards for a facility of the specified type.
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