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• Throughout 2022, FGMA nurtured relationships with water resource engineering firms,
Walker Partners and Murfee Engineering, to be a trusted partner in the shell designs of
municipal water supply and treatment facilities. That effort has led to work that will be
performed in FY2023.
• In the recreation submarket, FGMA moderated two panels at the National Recreation and
Parks Association conference highlighting policy work and efforts by the City of Austin. In
addition, FGMA hosted Texas Night at the national conference. FGMA also serves as the only
corporate member on the Texas Recreation and Parks Society legislative committee, a
committee of around 30 park directors throughout the state. Also in 2022, FGMA was
accepted as a presenter at the 2023 TRAPS conference with the topic “Maximizing Your
Municipal Golf Facility.”

Oak Brook:
• The public safety market continued in design and development of several larger Civic and
Public Safety Projects, including the Downers Grove Civic Center, the Rosemont Public Safety
Facility and the City of Des Plaines Link and Police Station Addition and Renovation. The
team celebrated several important wins for comprehensive facility analysis and programming
study efforts for the Village of Northbrook, IL, the Village of Lincolnwood, IL, and Village of
Oak Park, IL, Village of Sauk Village, IL and the City of Elmhurst, IL.
• We are underway on several projects including the Palos FPD Fire Stations No 1 & No 2,
Hanover Township Emergency Services, DuPage County Division of Transportation – Yellow
Freight Building, DuPage County Division of Transportation – 140 Building, and the
Channahon Fire Protection District Fire Station No 2.

• After various studies over many years, the City of Des Plaines hired FGMA to complete the
design of a Link entry between the City Hall and Police Station, and 2-story addition
renovation of the police station. The project currently bidding, with construction to start in
March of this year, and the City anticipates a construction value $18 – $20 million. The project
is an urban infill project, taking on a unique shape, informed by site work and a parking lot
completed by the City prior to this project.

• Several fire projects wrapped up this year including Streamwood Public Works Addition &
Renovation, Streamwood Fire Station 33 Renovation, Gurnee Fire Station No 3, and Cook
County 911 Renovation, East Joliet FPD Station 51 Addition & Renovation among others.
• For the first time in about 5 years, the team has seen a significant uptick in aquatics projects.
Construction completed for the Deerfield Park District Deerspring Splash Pad and Rockford
Country Club Pool Improvements. Design is underway for the Norridge Park District
Community Pool, the Glen Ellyn Sunset Pool and the Royal Melbourne Country Club Tennis
and Aquatic Improvements. Multiple recreation projects were completed including several
miscellaneous renovations for the Park Ridge Park District.
• The golf and recreation industry has many opportunities related to Developer Led work or
private clubs. The private country club world has a few major players that own their own
properties and operate autonomously. They include Troon, ClubCorp, KemperSports, Indigo
Golf. We have a long relationship with KemperSports and are currently working with Troon.
• In the northern Illinois region, we began design for the Kemper Lakes Golf Club Pro Shop and
Patio Addition, as well as the Royal Melbourne Country Club Aquatic Center Expansion and
Platform Tennis. As part of our desire to pursue work nationally, we’ve developed
relationships in Texas and Nebraska. We’ve had meetings with a developer for the Long

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