This project provided a new 10,800 SF Fisheries and Water Quality Boat and Equipment Building at the Nevin Fish  Hatchery in Fitchburg.  The state-of-the-art facility will allow DNR staff to maintain equipment in clean, disinfected, and ready to use condition.  Designed to meet the needs of three distinct functions, the building contains a disinfection garage bay, an equipment repair and laboratory space, and an unheated equipment storage area.  The building also contains men’s and women’s restrooms, a fish cleaning station and a mechanical equipment room.  This building  replaces four separate buildings on the site that have all reached the end of their useful life.  A shallow foundation was designed for the building to prevent chemicals used in concrete from contaminating groundwater that would be harmful to fish raised at the hatchery.  The project was an excellent example of coordination and cooperation between the DFD, DNR, the AE team, and the contractor.