City of Tallahassee Police Department Headquarters
The new Tallahassee Police Department Headquarters will replace the existing facility, which has been occupied since 1972 and steadily outgrown, on a 12 acre city owned site site located at 1940 N. Monroe Street (previously Northwood Centre Mall). The new facility will be a state-of-the-art public safety campus built to satisfy the Department needs well into the future and is currently identified to include the following key elements:
- 137,672 SF, four (4) level Police Department Headquarters building constructed of structural steel framed with composite metal deck with concrete fill at elevated levels, built-up roofing assembly over beam / metal deck at roof level with perimeter being precast hung wall panels / storefront / curtainwall assembles.
- 37,170 SF, single level Firing Range building constructed of structural steel columns, steel beams & truss girders with metal roof deck, built-up roofing assembly with perimeter being concrete tilt-wall panels / storefront windows at non-range locations.
- 32,627 SF single level Fleet Maintenance & Rolling Asset building constructed of pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) with exterior metal panels and roof panels.
- 9,493 SF of a single level Central Utility Plant building, with built in redundancies and emergency power capabilities for the entire campus, constructed of concrete tilt-wall panels, built-up roofing on metal roof deck at a portion and with protective steel / mesh at open areas.
- The associated sitework will include perimeter fencing, site utilities, parking, landscaping and irrigation.
In addition to the much-needed replacement space for the Department, this project will greatly benefit the community including a 364 seat public meeting room with break-out rooms/catering capabilities, multiple vaults and specialized secure areas, forensic/biohazard/DNA laboratories, and a Tallahassee Police Department Museum.
Ajax President, Jay Smith, says, “My firm has had the privilege of working around the Southeastern U.S. and witnessed the benefits of reaching out to the disadvantaged and disenfranchised by offering apprenticeships and/or assistance in workforce re-entry. Specifically, we had great success engaging both “disadvantaged” and “apprentice” workers on the new $62-million city of St. Petersburg Police Department Headquarters We plan to offer that same kind of assistance here in Tallahassee by implementing the Ajax Disadvantaged and Apprentice Workers Program for the Public Safety Campus project.”
Client
City of Tallahassee<
Architect
Architects Design Group & Architects Lewis + Whitlock
SF
202,426