United States
project
University of Florida New Public Safety Building / Centrex Building Renovation
Since 2014 UF student living on campus has increased well over 5% and both staff and student population is expected to continually increase at 3% a year for the next five years, public safety then is a major priority. Currently, the University of Florida Police Department is house in five separate buildings that were never intended or designed for police department operations. The main/current PD building was originally constructed in 1928 and was actually originally designed to be a radio station (WRUF).
Therefore, this project will involve demo of the old UFPD/WRUF building including the adjacent evidence compound and all associated non-critical site utilities to make way for a brand new 50,000 SF facility that will accommodate all current and future operational needs and serve as main on-campus shelter-in-place facilities in the event of natural or man made emergencies. While the plan includes complete demolition of the 1928 structure, in accordance with the Florida Department of State Historic Preservation Office mandates noteworthy historic building components will be salvaged and incorporated into the new public safety building, thus commemorating its significance both to the UF campus and to Gainesville.
The UF 200 program also includes a complete 5,000 SF renovation of the Centrex Building (Bldg 0132) for UF Emergency Management. This will house the UFPD’s dispatch and the Department of Emergency Management. A part of the renovation will be associated with the UF security operation center, however the UFPD dispatch will remain in operation 24/7/365 as per usual during this process.
You can view the project webcam HEREGo to https://video-monitoring.com/construction/ajax-uf200/.
Client
University of Florida<
Location
Gainesville, FL
Architect
Schenkel Schultz Architecture
SF
55,000
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