Winter Park, Florida (June 22, 2011) – Architects Design Group (ADG), with Myrtle Beach associate architect Pike‐McFarland‐Hall Architects, was recently selected as the architect for the detailed spatial needs assessment of the Horry County Emergency Operations Center (EOC).

ADG’s responsibilities will include programming and determination of the facility site area requirements for a new EOC that will consolidate the County’s Emergency Operations and Emergency Management departments into a single facility. The facility will include a Regional Information Sharing System Center, Information Technology/GIS, Emergency 911 Telecommunications and a future 311 Information Call Center. There has also been discussion of consolidating dispatch with nearby counties.

Currently the two departments are housed in different buildings that are outdated and do not meet the current and future requirements for the County.

The services to be performed include a Spatial Needs Assessment and Programming with an analysis of the current facility as well as a study for a new facility which will evaluate future population, department staffing and size, feasibility and site selection. Tasks will also include Preliminary Design and Preliminary Budget Cost Estimate.

Established in 1971, Architects Design Group is a full-service architectural and planning firm based in Winter Park, Florida with a branch office in Fort Myers, Florida that specializes in the innovative design of public sector architecture, including emergency operations centers, public safety, police, municipal, public works, and cultural facilities throughout the United States. ADG is either currently working on or has recently completed several EOC’s including the Port Fourchon EOC in Louisiana; Nacogdoches, TX EOC; Lake County, FL EOC; Frankfort, KY EOC; Charleston County, SC EOC; Springfield/Greene County, MO EOC; Williamsburg County, SC EOC; Clay County, FL EOC; and the Okeechobee County, FL EOC. The firm has received many awards including the AIA Florida Firm of the Year Award in 2002 and the AIA Orlando Firm of the Year Award in 2009. To learn more about Architects Design Group, visit www.adgusa.org.

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