City Council Approves Prefabricated Hangar for Heliport

As part of Monday’s consent calendar, the City Council approved a $229,970 contract with Western Steel Buildings for a prefabricated steel hangar at the police department heliport facility.

Currently, there are two aircraft hangars at the heliport site.

The main hangar houses up to five helicopters and maintenance operations.

The second smaller hangar is a 2,400-square-foot steel arch building that can accommodate an additional helicopter. However, it is no longer sufficient to meet Air Operations’ current operational needs.

In 2023, the City purchased a new Mobile Operations Center vehicle to replace the previously outdated and obsolete vehicle.

In order to properly store the new Mobile Operations Center truck and provide additional required hangar space for helicopters and related parts and equipment, the 2,400-square-foot steel arch hangar needs to be demolished and replaced with a new, larger 5,000 square-foot hangar.

On July 10, City Council authorized the contract award for professional architectural and design services for the hangar site including foundation design for the new prefabricated structure and associated work including geotechnical investigation, electrical design, and fire suppression/fire alarm system design. While the consultant designs the hangar foundation, the structural design of the specified prefabricated steel building is deferred to the fabrication company.

The project contractor selected to erect the building would typically purchase the prefabricated steel structure during the construction phase.

However, due to the long lead time to manufacture the structure, this advance purchase will expedite the project and ensure the prefabricated structure will be ready to erect when construction begins.

The scope of work under this contract consists of the purchase and delivery of a 5,000-square-foot prefabricated steel hangar structure. This contract excludes installation and storage. Construction services for the erection of the building will be advertised under a separate procurement after the completion of design services.