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Dispatch Center Project

Audrain County E-911 Joint Communications and the Emergency Services (911) Board have begun work on a project that will result in a new facility for Joint Communications. The new facility will be located at the corner of East Liberty and Oross Street in Vandiver Village on the east side of Mexico and will include a new dispatch center, administrative offices, and space for meetings and training. The facility will be roughly 5,500 square feet and tornado resistant.

Joint Communications is in need of its own facility because its current office at the Audrain County Sheriff's Office is very cramped. The new facility will provide dispatchers with more work space and the additional storage that they desperately need. There are plans to purchase new office equipment and furniture for the facility that will replace the worn furniture and equipment that is currently in use. An upgrade to the radio system is also planned for the new facility to improve the coverage and clarity of radio communications in Audrain County. The new facility and equipment upgrades are being funded by the 3/8 cent sales tax that was approved by voters in April 2005.

Septagon Construction Company, Inc. of Columbia, Missouri, was awarded the low bid to construct the new facility.

Be sure to check back regularly for updates and photos as the project progresses.

Project Photos

Construction Timeline:

  • March 12, 2009 - Excavation began at the site.
  • March 15, 2009 - Ceremonial groundbreaking held.
  • March 25, 2009 - Septagon Concrete Carpenters finished forming and pouring the wall footings.
  • March 26, 2009 - Septagon Concrete Carpenters stripped and cleaned the forms from the footings.
  • March 30, 2009 - Donaldson Excavating back filled the interior footing walls.
  • April 3, 2009 - Mid Missouri Electric installed the conduit for the generator, radio and phone equipment, and the light for the flag pole. Mac Plumbing installed all of the interior rough-in plumbing.
  • April 6, 2009 - Donaldson Excavating began grading the building site so the floor can be poured.
  • April 15, 2009 - Concrete floor poured.
  • April 22, 2009 - Bedford Masonry began laying block.
  • April 23, 2009 - Mac Plumbing excavated and installed the sewer line and water line.
  • April 24, 2009 - Mid Missouri Electric installed all of the underground electrical conduit for the parking lot lighting.
  • May 15, 2009 - Septagon Concrete Carpenters poured the equipment pad.
  • May 18, 2009 - Bedford Masonry has completed laying block for the exterior walls except for 20 foot spaces where the north and south doors are located.
  • May 22, 2009 - Bedford Masonry finished laying the block.
  • June 1, 2009 - Septagon Ironworkers installed all bar joist, bridging and perimeter angle in preparation for decking. Septagon Concrete Carpenters poured the south line of curb and gutter.
  • June 2, 2009 - Septagon Ironworkers finished the decking and installed studs onto the bar joist in preparation for the roof concrete pour.
  • June 5, 2009 - Septagon Framing Carpenters installed all of the metal studs inside the building for the exterior walls.
  • June 9, 2009 - Septagon Concrete Carpenters poured concrete roof.
  • June 15, 2009 - Septagon Ironworkers received and unloaded all of the metal roofing materials and will begin installation this week (weather permitting).
  • June 19, 2009 - Septagon Concrete Carpenters poured and finished 70 feet of sidewalk on the south and east sides of the building.
  • June 21, 2009 - Mid-Missouri Electric began roughing-in electrical.
  • June 22, 2009 - Imhoff Construction finished framing the interior walls.
  • June 23, 2009 - MAC Plumbing started roughing-in plumbing.
  • June 25, 2009 - Bedford Masonry laid first few rows of block at the base of the front entry canopy.
  • June 26, 2009 - Star Heating & Cooling began installing HVAC duct work.
  • June 29, 2009 - Septagon Ironworkers finished installing the metal roof and trim. Septagon Concrete Carpenters poured and finished the remaining sidewalks.
  • July 15, 2009 - Bedford Masonry finished the block of the front entry canopy.
  • July 27, 2009 - Christenson Construction prepared the parking lot for pavement by laying and leveling the base rock. Septagon Concrete Carpenters finished pouring the foundation for the radio tower and formed the sidewalk along the north side of the building. Donaldson Excavating working on grading around the building.
  • July 28, 2009 - Septagon Concrete Carpenters poured the sidewalk along the north side of the building.
  • July 30, 2009 - Star Heating & Cooling finished installing fire dampers and flex duct and set the HVAC units.
  • July 31, 2009 - Mid-Missouri Electric set the transformer.
  • August 7, 2009 - Star Heating & Cooling finished installing the HVAC units.
  • August 10, 2009 - Christensen Construction finished laying asphalt for parking lot. Wireless USA delivered the radio tower to the site.
  • August 13, 2009 - Radio tower construction began.
  • August 18, 2009 - Radio tower construction complete.
  • August 21, 2009 - Hampton's Landscaping & Fencing finished installing trees and bushes.
  • September 11, 2009 - Missouri Vocational Enterprises finished installing the dispatch furniture.
  • September 13, 2009 - Wireless USA began installing antennas on the radio tower.
  • September 18, 2009 - Mid MO Signs finished installing the lettering on the building.
  • September 25, 2009 - Septagon installed the plaque in the lobby.
  • September 29, 2009 - Vandiver Village installed the Dispatch Drive street sign at Oross Street.

 

 
This page last updated on: January 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm

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