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Federal Engineering Partners with DLZ for PSAP Consulting Services in Ohio
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, September 22, 2025 – Federal Engineering Inc. (FE) announced that they have entered into a contract with DLZ Corporation (DLZ) to support the renovations of Delaware County’s 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), located near Columbus, Ohio. The DLZ/FE team was selected to assist in the design and engineering through the Schematic Design Phase for renovations of the Carnegie Building and the Emergency Communications 9-1-1 Center for Delaware County.
With more than 200,000 residents, Delaware County is comprised of three cities (Delaware, Powell and Sunbury) and portions of another three cities (Columbus, Dublin and Westerville); four villages (Ashley, Galena, Ostrander and Shawnee Hills); 18 townships (Berkshire, Berlin, Brown, Concord, Delaware, Genoa, Harlem, Kingston, Liberty, Marlboro, Orange, Oxford, Porter, Radnor, Scioto, Thompson, Trenton and Troy) and a portion of one township (Washington). Established in 1989, the Delaware County PSAP dispatches for 13 Fire Departments, Delaware County EMS, Delaware County EMA, Delaware City Police, and Powell Police. Serving all of the County’s residents, including all the cities, townships, and villages, the center answered 110,570 phone calls, 42,186 of which were 9-1-1 calls in 2024.
Karen Juricic, AIA, NCARB, Architect of DLZ Corporation, remarked: “With headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, DLZ was founded in 1948 and ranks highly among the top consulting firms in the architectural/engineering industry. The company has an in-depth and comprehensive portfolio of public safety facilities in the Midwest for county, state, and federal entities.
DLZ’s philosophy begins with providing quality client service while making every effort to align with the project’s budget and schedule objectives. DLZ’s engineers, architects, planners, and technical support staff are innovative, are encouraged to ‘think outside the box’, and work collaboratively to establish a shared vision of the project. Having partnered with FE on other projects, we have found that the two firms complement each other’s service offerings and have the same culture of delivering client satisfaction.”
Mr. Jeff Paré, Director of Business Development for Federal Engineering, said: “The strong local reputation of DLZ, partnered with FE, will provide Delaware County’s public safety team with valuable resources to help support the delivery of this important and complex multifaceted project. FE public safety consultants have extensive experience in helping first responders and the public safety community in establishing new facilities as well as renovating old ones that result in better technology, enhanced officer safety, faster response times, better work environment, and enhanced quality of service for citizens.”
Federal Engineering is a leading, nationwide firm providing analysis, design, procurement, implementation, and operations support for PSAPs, EOCs, ECCs, and RTCCs. FE subject matter experts have decades of experience in all relevant technologies including 9-1-1, NG9-1-1, GIS, CAD, RMS, MDS, and JMS systems. These services complement FE’s wide range of public safety and public service communications consulting services. FE’s cybersecurity practice helps our clients defend against today’s complex and ever-changing threat landscape. FE personnel also serve as trusted advisors assisting clients to assess services such as FirstNet® and the impacts of new technologies on their current and future plans. Since 1983, FE has completed thousands of communications projects in all 50 states for numerous state, local, and federal government clients as well as Canadian clients.
In addition to its public sector work, Federal Engineering provides design and implementation support services for voice, data, and video networks used in the transportation, utilities, finance, education, and computer services industries. FE’s certified independence ensures that clients receive objective, unbiased consulting services that are not influenced by any technology, product, vendor, or approach.