Desert National Wildlife Refuge – Fire Cache & Bunkhouse

Corn Creek Station, Lincoln County, Nevada

HCF served as the civil engineering design lead for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Nevada Fire Zone Fire Complex, a federal design-build project located within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge at Corn Creek Field Station in Nevada. The project supports wildfire operations serving approximately 1.7 million acres of federally managed refuge lands and includes a new fire cache station and associated bunkhouse facilities.

HCF’s civil engineering scope included site grading, drainage analysis, utility infrastructure design, access roads, parking areas, concrete sidewalks, erosion control measures, and preparation of civil site development plans. HCF coordinated closely with the design-build contractor and a multi-disciplinary team (architect, MEP, structural, and archeology) through phased federal submittals at the 50%, 90%, and 100% design milestones. Additional services included design and permitting of the onsite septic system through the Southern Nevada Health District, wastewater demand calculations, and domestic water distribution system design using EPANet 2.2 hydraulic modeling to support reliable service in a remote refuge environment.