New Police Headquarters Topped Out

To the construction industry, topping out ceremonies are symbolic and bring project stakeholders together to celebrate the project. This was the case for the community of Englewood, Colorado, as individuals celebrated the new police headquarters being built, which is now about 40 percent completed.

The city of Englewood, represented by owner’s representative CBRE, has been using the Public Safety Services Complex built in 1972. The existing facility lacks appropriate security design, needs significant facility repairs and does not comply with ADA regulations or police facility standards. In 2016, the community passed a bond to build a new police and safety services building.

The A/E design firm DLR Group defined the programming for the new headquarters project to best address the needs of the police department going forward. Adolphson & Peterson Construction is serving as the general contractor.

The new 44,900-square-foot police headquarters will provide modern and secure facility needs, and more than double today’s facility space. The new facility is being built only five feet apart from the current facility, which will still be fully functional until the new structure is completed. After completion, the existing facility will be demolished and replaced with secured parking in its place.

The new facility will include a multi-purpose training room that can also function as an emergency operations center; a modern infrastructure to support data, voice and other communications applications and security systems that will improve safety for visitors, police staff and arrested individuals. The new parking structure will accommodate 155 secured spaces.

The new building is on time and expected to be complete by the first quarter of 2019.