Oakland County Public Safety Campus

Architects Design Group (ADG), in partnership with local architecture firm Partners in Architecture, was contracted to design a public safety campus for Oakland County consisting of:

• 63,000-SF Emergency Operations and Management Center
• 67,499-square foot Simulated City Training Center (SCTC)
• 194,165-square foot Public Safety Training Center (PSTC), adjacent to the sim city building
• High-speed Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC)
• 13,856-square foot EVOC Tower for course observation
• 142,186-square foot Strategic Storage Facility (SSF)

 
The master plan for the entire public safety campus was a considerable effort consisting of evaluating two adjacent sites and determining the best placement of all structures. Some site challenges we had to work around included:

• Multiple wetland areas that had to be planned around
• Master planning around existing buildings
• Keeping existing buildings on campus operational during construction
• Incorporated major utility and fiber lines that couldn’t be moved into the planning
• Historic apple grove that had an endangered, federally-protected snake species that had to be mitigated

 
ADG went through an extensive vetting process reviewing the program of all elements on the site, as well as an expansive master planning effort determining the viable portions of the site. Originally, this project was on a consolidated, singular site. However, the campus program has undergone various modifications as the project has progressed. Because of wetland issues that were not previously identified, the county decided to move the EOC/911 building to an adjacent site. After the county’s decision to break up the programmatic requirements, both sites were fully master planned. Throughout the process of modifying the program, balancing efficiency and cost is always at the forefront of the effort.