Ewing’s construction office has a new home. Township officials on March 20 cut the ribbon on a newly retrofitted space at the Ewing Fire Department firehouse at 166 Pennington Road.
“As our construction office has expanded over the years to meet the needs of our flourishing community, we knew we had to devise a permanent solution for additional office space,” Mayor Bert Steinmann said. “Under the guidance of Jim Megna, Ewing’s construction official, we came up with a plan to relocate the office to the existing 8,000 square-foot multi-purpose space attached to the firehouse, a win for our residents and our hard working construction office employees.”
The old construction office at the township municipal building outgrew its spave, which required the township to install temporary and costly modular buildings to house additional office space.
The new office accommodates all managers and members of the construction office and includes offices for the fire inspectors, as well as creating an area for voting to continue to occur.
“Naturally, it was understood that the renovation and relocation must not have any impact on the functioning of the firehouse during the construction process or once it is officially occupied,” said a township press release.
DIGroupArchitecture, of New Brunsick, was selected to lead the design effort. DIG’s president, Vince Myers, is a Ewing resident.
The new construction office accommodates all managers and members of the construction office and includes offices for the fire inspectors as well as creating an area for voting to continue to occur.
States the news release: “The construction office layout builds on the workflow, best practices and lessons learned from the former location, designed for an amplified, professional visitor experience and productive interaction with staff members.”
“The graphic, furniture selection and interiors were cohesively executed by DIG in coordination with the Mayor and Jim Megna’s team to create a construction office in a spatially adequate, healthy and invigorating environment that promotes efficiency and productivity that we can all be proud of.
Meanwhile, the space vacated by the construction office in the municipal biuilding will be renovated for current municipal needs.
