Hanover is planning a new-construction, $60 million building on the county government campus for its sheriff’s office and fire department. (BizSense file photo)
Hanover is moving forward with plans to establish a new joint headquarters for its sheriff’s office and fire-EMS department.
The county intends to build an 87,000-square-foot, two-story building for the agencies at the government complex on Route 301.
The $60 million project’s funding is included in the county’s upcoming fiscal year budget, which the Board of Supervisors approved in early April.
Hanover officials are now drawing up a request-for-proposal solicitation to find architectural and engineering firms to handle the project. The RFP is expected to go out in 30 to 60 days, Deputy County Administrator Todd Kilduff said in an interview this week.
“This is a big project for us. I would think there would be at least a 12-month period of design. This is marrying the sheriff’s office and our fire-EMS department into one building,” he said.
The county hasn’t selected a general contractor for the project. It plans to put out a solicitation for one in summer 2026. The building is anticipated to be completed by early 2028.
The building would feature administrative space and training facilities for the sheriff’s office and fire-EMS, which would move their head offices there from other locations. It would also house a new county emergency operations center, which would be relocated to the government complex along with fire-EMS.
The county’s emergency communication center, which handles 911 calls, would remain at its current location at the complex.
The new building is anticipated to rise on undeveloped, county-owned land behind the Hanover administration office at 7516 County Complex Road.
The sheriff’s office is currently located nearby at 7522 County Complex Road. That building would be vacated and repurposed for another, to-be-determined use by the county, Kilduff said.
The fire-EMS department’s administrative offices and the emergency operations center are currently located in Fire Station 5 at 13326 Hanover Courthouse Road. The fire station is planned to remain operational.
Kilduff said the agencies are outgrowing their administrative offices and the project is intended to give them space where they can continue to grow and keep up with the county’s increasing population, which is growing at a rate of 1% annually.
“We always try to be proactive in our construction and capital projects. … The whole point of getting this project done is to try and prevent overflow. Every year they’re going to add new deputies, the fire department’s going to add new employees,” Kilduff said.
Hanover was estimated to have a population of about 115,000 people in July 2024, a nearly 5% increase compared to its population of nearly 110,000 residents in April 2020, per census data.
Plans to build a joint headquarters facility for the sheriff’s office and fire-EMS come as the latter increases its number of stations.
Hanover announced last week the grand opening of Fire Station 17 in Mechanicsville, which is the first new station to be built in Hanover since 1987. The 15,000-square-foot firehouse comes in response to growing demand for service in the Laurel Meadow area.
The county’s five-year capital plan includes more new facilities to replace three existing fire stations – one near the Hanover airport, another in Montpelier and the third in Doswell.
Hanover is planning a new-construction, $60 million building on the county government campus for its sheriff’s office and fire department. (BizSense file photo)
Hanover is moving forward with plans to establish a new joint headquarters for its sheriff’s office and fire-EMS department.
The county intends to build an 87,000-square-foot, two-story building for the agencies at the government complex on Route 301.
The $60 million project’s funding is included in the county’s upcoming fiscal year budget, which the Board of Supervisors approved in early April.
Hanover officials are now drawing up a request-for-proposal solicitation to find architectural and engineering firms to handle the project. The RFP is expected to go out in 30 to 60 days, Deputy County Administrator Todd Kilduff said in an interview this week.
“This is a big project for us. I would think there would be at least a 12-month period of design. This is marrying the sheriff’s office and our fire-EMS department into one building,” he said.
The county hasn’t selected a general contractor for the project. It plans to put out a solicitation for one in summer 2026. The building is anticipated to be completed by early 2028.
The building would feature administrative space and training facilities for the sheriff’s office and fire-EMS, which would move their head offices there from other locations. It would also house a new county emergency operations center, which would be relocated to the government complex along with fire-EMS.
The county’s emergency communication center, which handles 911 calls, would remain at its current location at the complex.
The new building is anticipated to rise on undeveloped, county-owned land behind the Hanover administration office at 7516 County Complex Road.
The sheriff’s office is currently located nearby at 7522 County Complex Road. That building would be vacated and repurposed for another, to-be-determined use by the county, Kilduff said.
The fire-EMS department’s administrative offices and the emergency operations center are currently located in Fire Station 5 at 13326 Hanover Courthouse Road. The fire station is planned to remain operational.
Kilduff said the agencies are outgrowing their administrative offices and the project is intended to give them space where they can continue to grow and keep up with the county’s increasing population, which is growing at a rate of 1% annually.
“We always try to be proactive in our construction and capital projects. … The whole point of getting this project done is to try and prevent overflow. Every year they’re going to add new deputies, the fire department’s going to add new employees,” Kilduff said.
Hanover was estimated to have a population of about 115,000 people in July 2024, a nearly 5% increase compared to its population of nearly 110,000 residents in April 2020, per census data.
Plans to build a joint headquarters facility for the sheriff’s office and fire-EMS come as the latter increases its number of stations.
Hanover announced last week the grand opening of Fire Station 17 in Mechanicsville, which is the first new station to be built in Hanover since 1987. The 15,000-square-foot firehouse comes in response to growing demand for service in the Laurel Meadow area.
The county’s five-year capital plan includes more new facilities to replace three existing fire stations – one near the Hanover airport, another in Montpelier and the third in Doswell.