Life EMS

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Construction-Management

Story

Life EMS Ambulance personnel, local officials and CSM Group broke ground on a $2 million, LEED certified, central support facility in the heart of the city's north side at 517 E. North St. The construction will consist of a complete renovation of the existing ambulance dispatch facility offices and training center as well as a new 14,000 sf addition to the existing building for new office space, restrooms, training area, all new ambulance dispatch garage and maintenance area with new hydraulic service lifts with a 2nd story mechanical mezzanine. The addition is constructed from structural pre-cast concrete tilt-up panels. The project also includes all new MEP and fire suppression infrastructure systems throughout the building as well as a new roofing system. All new site work and site improvements will encompass the entire property footprint. This is a LEED project and all project aspects and components that are required for the desired credits are being tracked and documented for this certification.  

All construction and renovation on the existing facility will be taking place around the "live" and in use T1 phone line and power system which is the key component to all of Life EMS incoming emergency calls to the call center and dispatch location. This line feeds the temporary relocated location at the old Rose Street fire station #4 which was renovated in anticipation of this relocation and construction project by CSM.

Life EMS Ambulance, with over 29 years of service, was the first ambulance service in Western Michigan -- and among the first in the U.S. - to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services, the gold standard in the EMS industry.

"This new facility will help us better serve this area and will become a key hub of the many critical services we provide to Kalamazoo, Portage and other areas of southwest Michigan that most recently includes our operations in Allegan County."
 - Mark Meijer, Life EMS President

Facts

  • Title: Life ems
  • Location: Kalamazoo, michigan
  • Postal code: 49007
  • Phase: Complete
  • Green: Leed certified
  • Delivery method: Construction management
  • Budget: $2,200,000
  • Size: 14000.0


Project Identification Number:

PP-CST-FD87-5B1B-3041-02C4-0


Status: Completed


Tags

  • office
  • healthcare
  • publicgovernment


Project Credits:

Byce & Associates, Inc.

Architectural

CSM Group

Construction-Management

Kerkstra

Precast-Concrete


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