FEATURED PROJECT

Cape Coral Public Safety Facility
Cape Coral, Florida

The City selected ADG to provide a spatial needs assessment and architectural services for the 200,000 SF facility in addition to 25,000 SF of shell space for future expansion. The facility will house the Police Department, Fire Rescue Department's Administration and Training Components, and Emergency Operations Center.

In 2002, ADG developed a preliminary space needs assessment for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Based upon the criteria that the current site could be utilized, a phased master plan was prepared that allowed operations to continue in the existing facility while the new facility was being constructed, granting the Department the ability to remain on the property without any significant disruption of operational capabilities during construction. After completing the preliminary spatial needs assessment, ADG was selected, under a separate contract, to provide a detailed spatial needs assessment and full architectural design and construction administration services in 2004.

ADG provided a space needs assessment and design services under two separate contracts, for the City's 32,000 SF Public Safety Complex, 22,000 SF City Hall, and 12,000 SF Community Services Building after having actively participated in several community awareness presentations in selling the need of the voter referendum.

The Sheriff's Complex was initiated as the first project recommended in the Countywide Master Space Plan prepared by ADG. Alachua County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of a vacant Winn-Dixie grocery strip-shopping center was purchased in an economically disadvantaged section of the City of Gainesville for adaptive re-use to house the administrative facility.

ADG was commissioned to design the new complex; a challenge the designers embraced to renovate a building with a limited service life to accommodate the long-term needs of the 24/7 Public Safety Facility. ADG responded with a site master plan complex comprising an Administration Building / Joint City and County EOC / Communications Center and a FLEET Maintenance Facility. The success of the project is evident in the timeless, enduring aesthetic quality of the phase one Administration Building design and subsequent build-out of the entire Site Master Plan.

The City of Palm Bay selected Architects Design Group to Master Plan and design its new Municipal Complex, programmed to house all City of Palm Bay facilities for this rapidly growing municipality. The total complex contains a 34,000 square foot Police Department structure located on an adjacent part of the site as well as a City Hall Administration Building, and Council Assembly facility.

Currently located on the site and incorporated into the Master Plan was the City Fire Station and future Fire Administration Office Building. The complex was Master Planned to accommodate phased development, including facilities planned for the future. Space needs were projected for immediate needs and future needs.

This is a Public Safety Facility consisting of 42,000 SF and accommodating four separate entities; The Police Department, Fire Department Administration, Emergency 911 Dispatch/Communications and Emergency Operations. The concept of a singular structure resulted in significant project savings both initially during construction, as well in the long term by reducing operational costs.

The facility is currently in the Construction phase and is planned to be occupied in the spring of 2008, utilizing a Construction Manager/ CM delivery system. This has provided the opportunity for the Architects and Engineers to work closely with the CM at the important initial phases.

Architects Design Group, in association with the Owensboro Kentucky architectural/engineering firm, RBS Design Group, provided complete planning, design and construction administration services for the New Police Facility. ADG's role on the project was to create the preliminary design documents and continue to serve as an expert consultant for design implementation of this Public Safety Facility.

The project was initiated by ADG organizing the project and guiding the overall team which included City Administration Staff and Police Department representatives through the process of site selection; Assessment of Spatial Needs; and Conceptual Design. The project design addresses the impact of current and future trends in Law Enforcement activities. The facility is designed to provide flexibility in responding to technology and changes in work activities, that features an enclosed environmentally controlled vehicle evidence investigation area.