Challenge:

A municipal client’s police department was using an aging exterior firing range located at their public works facility for important tactical training. The municipality’s police force had outgrown the space, and the firing range was out of place at its current location as well as exposed to the elements.

Solution:

Valdes Architecture & Engineering provided complete architecture and engineering design for the new 15,000 sq. ft. police firing range and emergency operations center that will replace the exterior firing range.
The new firing range includes a ten-lane range space without designated lanes to allow for varied real-world training tactics, including the ability to bring vehicles into the range space to set up scenario-specific training. Ammunition storage and cleaning as well as a small evidence room are included in the range space. In the office area, a virtual reality training room and dispatch facilities are part of the project.

Impact:

Valdes architects and engineers collaborated to incorporate municipality-specific requirements in the new range, dispatch, and virtual training facility design, providing a facility to serve this police force for many years to come.

Police Firing Range & Critical Operations Facility

Challenge

Architectural rendering of a Police Firing Range

A municipal client’s police department was using an aging exterior firing range located at their public works facility for important tactical training. The municipality’s police force had outgrown the space, and the firing range was out of place at its current location as well as exposed to the elements. The Village built a new firing range and 911 dispatch center and firing range facility to provide support services to their existing department facilities. As part of this work, Valdes Architecture & Engineering (Valdes) provided full consulting services for the 15,000 sq ft project from conceptual design through bids and construction administration.

Solution

The new firing range includes a ten-lane range space without designated lanes to allow for varied real-world training tactics, including the ability to bring vehicles into the range space to set up scenario-specific training. Ammunition storage and cleaning as well as a small evidence room are included in the range space. In the office area, a virtual reality training room and dispatch facilities are part of the project. As part of this project, Valdes designed a life-safety and legally-required natural gas generator rated at 400kW/500kVA, 480/277V, 3-phase, 60 Hz. This generator was designed to support the new firing range, and the emergency operations and communication (EOC) facility. The generator is in an outdoor enclosed courtyard with walls coordinated to provide appropriate protection. The generator is sized to support all facility loads including but not limited to lighting, receptacles, communications, and HVAC. The generator distribution system includes multiple automatic transfer switches with maintenance bypass and temporary generator receptacle connections for long-term maintenance. An outdoor temporary generator connection cabinet and load bank connection cabinet were provided to meet future maintenance requirements. Remote monitoring and annunciation was incorporated to allow critical operations personnel to monitor the status of the generator. In addition to a standby generator, Valdes designed a UPS distribution system for uninterruptable power supply to the critical communication systems.

Impact

Valdes architects and engineers collaborated to incorporate municipality-specific requirements in the new range, dispatch, and virtual training facility design, providing a facility to serve this police force for many years to come.

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Challenge:

A municipal client’s police department was using an aging exterior firing range located at their public works facility for important tactical training. The municipality’s police force had outgrown the space, and the firing range was out of place at its current location as well as exposed to the elements.

Solution:

Valdes Architecture & Engineering provided complete architecture and engineering design for the new 15,000 sq. ft. police firing range and emergency operations center that will replace the exterior firing range.
The new firing range includes a ten-lane range space without designated lanes to allow for varied real-world training tactics, including the ability to bring vehicles into the range space to set up scenario-specific training. Ammunition storage and cleaning as well as a small evidence room are included in the range space. In the office area, a virtual reality training room and dispatch facilities are part of the project.

Impact:

Valdes architects and engineers collaborated to incorporate municipality-specific requirements in the new range, dispatch, and virtual training facility design, providing a facility to serve this police force for many years to come.