The City of Cape Coral selected ADG to provide programming, master planning, design, and construction administration services. The new 100,755 SF headquarters provides the police department with state-of-the-art facilities for their 345 employees and includes areas for administration, patrol, investigative services, professional standards, communications, property and evidence, holding and processing labs, and a multitude of training facilities outfitted with the necessary technology to be easily converted to the city’s emergency operations center. The facility includes 3,200 SF for crime scene investigations, 11,425 SF for forensics and evidence storage, and 1,600 SF for vehicle processing.
Due to very unusual political influences, the design and construction had to be completed in less than one year. To accomplish this feat, ADG delivered this project through a fast-track schedule utilizing a hybrid design and construction process. Within two-and-a-half months, the city issued a permit for all site work and the structural envelope.
The team had completed 100% of the site engineering, 90% of the structural engineering, and a 30% complete set of construction documents. The 30% complete set was aggressively let out for competitive bids to the local subcontractor community and produced 201 bids from 47 disciplines of construction. The team was able to deliver a GMP to the city, almost $4 million dollars under budget. The design team then completed the remaining design / engineering documents in less than four months while construction was ongoing, ultimately completing the project on time and within less than one year from start to finish.
