Johnson County Ambulance Services

2017  |  34,100 square feet  |  $6,800,000

OPN was selected in May 2016 to design a much-needed ambulance services building for Johnson County. The board has roughly $6.8 million budgeted for the project. The building at 808 South Dubuque Street — where the current Johnson County Ambulance Services Department is located — will house ambulance services, the Medical Examiner’s Office and provide storage for the Auditor’s Office and Facilities Department. 

Sustainability, efficient building practices, and creating a building with the possibility to expand at a later date are all crucial factors in the final design. The new building will solve issues such as parking for all the ambulances (currently, one has to be parked across the street), insufficient clearance for ambulances pulling in and out, and consolidation of operations with the medical examiner. This work was completed while at OPN Architects.