HRC was contacted by the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) to assist them in rebuilding the Davisburg Maintenance Garage which was damaged by fire on the night of January 20, 2004. The fire destroyed approximately 50% of the Maintenance Garage area and left the remaining portion of the garage and the support spaces damaged from heat, soot and smoke.

HRC's involvement has included assisting in the planning for the reconstructed garage, negotiations with the insurance company to arrive at a satisfactory settlement, construction documents for the fast track bidding sequence and a modified construction engineering effort to ensure the delivered product meets the specifications.

RCOC realized they had an enormous task on their hands and also the opportunity to make some significant changes to the 37 year old garage to better reflect the way RCOC conducts business in 2004. The planning aspect of the project allowed for HRC to interview key County personnel and develop schematic drawings to reflect the results of the interviews.

The real challenge was for HRC to determine a way to be able to design-bid and build the Davisburg Garage so that RCOC could re-occupy the space by the end of December 2004. A pre-engineered building addition of approximately 24,000 square feet was bid and awarded. The second contract for the remaining reconstruction work was bid before the end of June with construction in the field starting in early July. Everything is on the schedule HRC prepared in April with delivery of the first Construction Documents and the bids were under HRC's estimate of costs.

The Road Commission held an open house for its employees on December 20, 2004 approximately one week prior to moving into the completed facility. Everything was accomplished on the fast track schedule to meet RCOC's goal of occupancy by the end of 2004.