Notice of Consolidation: Construct Fire Station and Air Passenger Terminal, Demolish Building 1721, Hanscom AFB, MA

Construction of a new Fire Station, new Air Passenger Terminal (APT) and Demolition of Building 1721, Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB), Bedford, MA.

The new Fire Station will be constructed at a different site on Hanscom AFB.  It will be a single story, 26,325 square foot (SF), fully functional facility.  The program includes apparatus bays for six vehicles, living quarters, and administration spaces.  Proposed construction will consist of a concrete foundation, reinforced floor slabs, steel framing and masonry walls, HVAC, central fire alarm, Emergency Communications Center with Fire and Security Forces Dispatch, paving, and landscaping. The Air Passenger Terminal building will be constructed north of existing Building 1721 and will be a single story 5,150 SF facility.  The Air Passenger Terminal will include the safety offices, Distinguished Visitors lounge, pavement for building access and turnaround, as well as sidewalks. The existing flightline perimeter fence will be re-routed to the new Air Passenger Terminal building location.  Building 1721, to be demolished, is an existing multi-story, 21,270 SF, facility that houses the existing fire station, safety offices, air passenger terminal, and Distinguished Visitor lounge.  Building 1721 will remain operational until the two new buildings have been completed and the tenants have moved into their new respective buildings.  Building 1639 is an existing, 4,241 SF, single story abandoned gas station.