Project group to accompany further planning steps
Following the district council's decision in principle, a project group will be formed. This group will advise on the space allocation plan and support the architectural competition as well as the main planning steps.
The Civil Protection Department has already drawn up an initial room program for the disaster control center and is currently in the process of creating a detailed room book. According to the department's proposals, the civil protection center will consist of an office building with an adjoining warehouse, which can accommodate up to 500 people in the event of a disaster.
Social, training and sanitary rooms are also to be established in the building. "At the same time, the construction of the disaster control center offers the possibility of accommodating the integrated control center (ILS) there, for which a new building would otherwise be necessary, as it no longer has enough space at its current location in Ludwigsburger Marienstraße," explains District Administrator Allgaier. The space program will be decided separately in April 2024 in the Committee for Environment and Technology.
The disaster control center will "create a central point of contact in the district"
In recent years, there has been an increase in major emergencies. These include critical infrastructure failures, severe weather events, major fires, train accidents, flooding and political or military conflicts. In order to be able to react appropriately, the district must make preparatory plans and structural provisions, such as the short-term accommodation of people, the stockpiling of materials such as protective clothing or food and their needs-based distribution in the district. These requirements can be met by the disaster control center. "This will create a central point of contact in the district," continued the district administrator.
Once the space allocation plan had been approved, the administration was tasked with launching a Europe-wide tendering process for the architectural, structural, HVAC, electrical and outdoor planning services.
