Colorado Real Estate Journal - March 16, 2016
Adolfson & Peterson Construction recently celebrated the opening of the City of Aurora Police and Fire Safety Training Center, a joint state-of-the-art training center. The 23-acre campus project includes four separate buildings: a 43,366-square-foot education and training building with office and conference areas; a new 7,000-sf, five-story drill tower structure; an on-site pump house; and a 3,500-sf Class A burn building. The design-build team also included architect Studiotrope and engineer Elliott, LeBoeuf & McElwain. The campus now serves as a joint-training facility for the city of Aurora’s fire and police departments. These public safety entities are now able to train and operate together to be more effective as a team on the drill field when responding to emergency scenes. In addition, the site location is next to Arapahoe County’s driving track and sheriff’s office for future collaborative training opportunities with other agencies. The site will accommodate future growth plans including a 7,700-sf tactical/search/rescue structure; a 34,500-sf five-building tactical village; and a training site that will include vehicle extrication, trench simulation and hazmat training. The property is located just north of Aurora Reservoir. “To have a facility our firefighters and police officers can walk into every day to feel proud and supported will only make their job even better to provide service to our community,” said Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz.