Fossil Ridge Public Safety Center

Location:
Thornton, Colorado

Client:
City of Thornton

Project Value:
$17.4M

Project Size:
35,000 SF

Architect:
Roth Sheppard Architects

General Contractor:
Saunders Construction

Project Scope:
Dunakilly recently completed this exciting project for the City of Thornton. The shared, single-story building houses a police substation and full fire department. The project team worked with both departments, collectively, throughout the project. Each area is very distinct from the other as they have vastly different operation needs.

The police station scope of the facility will be highly secure. This portion of the project includes a holding area, office spaces, detective stations, field training and interview rooms. The fire station scope includes a kitchen, day room, sleep rooms, showers and tool rooms. This area will also include a decontamination room that will house specialty equipment to properly clean firefighter gear after each emergency response.

There will also be shared spaces for both departments that include a workout area, locker rooms and community room. Construction began in July 2017 and one month later construction crews discovered what turned out to be the first recorded Torosaurus find in the State of Colorado, and also the most complete and best preserved ever found. This event brought on an endless amount of media attention and news stations onsite for the next several weeks. Though this discovery was an exciting moment for the design-build team and the City of Thornton, the project team still kept the owner’s schedule at the forefront.

Dunakilly managed the design, preconstruction, and construction process through completion.