UP-CLOSE Facility Design – New or Renovation SUMMARY


Only after you have studied the community’s growth and have agreed on a logical plan that encompasses square footages that make sense, can you begin to design a facility that truly meets a department’s needs.


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Mesquite, Texas Police Department


FACILITY DESIGN – NEW OR RENOVATION


PLANNING FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION OR ADAPTIVE REUSE


By Hal Sargent A s architects and planners who reg-


ularly assist police departments in resolving growth issues, we have a simple way of knowing when a department can no longer avoid a discussion of a possible major renovation or expansion of facilities: They have run out of existing buildings to acquire from private sources.


It is something we see all the time: bank branches, medical clinics, and other similar small buildings or office suites that are no longer valued by their institu- tions. They are offered to city agencies, who use them as overflow space. This type of multiple Band-Aid ap- proach can satisfy immediate needs, but at the point where departments become spread over numerous ad- dresses, or when employees are asked to move multiple times, it can become costly and difficult to manage. For a department on the verge of hiring an outside firm to study its operation in detail, the process can seem daunting. Assessing a department’s current facili-


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