Fire station construction approved

Members of the Farmington City Council gave final approval Monday evening for the construction of a $3,000,000 fire station downtown.

The vote was 7-0 to award the contract for construction of the new firehouse to Brockmiller Construction, based in Farmington. The local contractor’s bid had come in the lowest of four companies vying for the work.

Brockmiller’s final bid with seven alternate additions being sought by the city was $2,998,950. The other bidders ranged in price up to $4,307,074.

For the money the city will get a five-bay building complete with office, living, training, communications and equipment storage space. The building will be built off Columbia Street, adjacent to the police station on property which formerly housed Wohschlaeger Auto Body.

The base bid by Brockmiller for the work was $2,695,000 for a four-bay building. That compared to the three other bidders ranging up to $3,644,629. City officials chose seven options which added to the price of the structure.

Additions included a fifth truck bay, a larger training room, a metal roof, metal roofing on the additional bay, simulated limestone on portions of the exterior, the same stonework for the additional bay and the expanded training room. That brought the total price to $2,998,950.

A total of seven companies requested and received bid packages for the new fire station. Only four — Brockmiller Construction, Diestelkamp Construction, Herzog Construction and Simms Building Group — returned bids for the job.

City Administrator Greg Beavers said the architectural firm estimated the base cost for the job at $3,300,000.

Work will start in upcoming weeks, with the job to be completed next year.

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