In 2021, the Village of Streamwood opened a new, 23,900 s.f. HQ fire station on the same site as the outmoded facility it replaced.  A new location was considered until designers determined that tackling the existing site’s soil remediation challenges (by using an aggregate pier foundation system) was more economical than developing a new property with comparable issues and proximity to a flood plain. 
The new $10.5 million HQ exerts a vibrant civic presence on a busy Village thoroughfare.  Its design achieves several critical goals: strengthening fire operations, providing work/living quarters that enhance well-being and relocating the department’s administrative offices.
The station’s exterior is dominated by three sloped roof planes articulating the apparatus bay, training tower, and work/living quarters.