OVERVIEW

Chicago Police Construction and General Contracting

DCA Contracting services, Inc. was selected as the general contractor to build a new 44,000 SF, two-story masonry Chicago police station prototype located on a 4.0-acre site for the Public Building Commission of Chicago.

The new Chicago police facility is five times the size of the facility it replaced and includes features such as a community room, secured viewing and line up room, sally port, booking and holding areas, video arraignment room, telecommunication room, fitness room, video wall roll call room, security monitoring system, and a quiet room.

Building Features

• High-tech roll call room with SMART boards
• Physical fitness room to support the Chicago police department
• Community room to accommodate group functions, such as Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) Meetings, with a seating capacity for more than 100
• Secure viewing and line-up rooms
• “Quiet room” for traumatic incident counseling
• Locker facilities
• Warming/cooling station capabilities
• Cameras are mounted on the exterior to monitor parking lots, and all access/egress points to secure the Chicago police, building personnel, and inmates
• A geothermal heat exchange system
• State-of-the-art fiber optic cable network
• Load-bearing masonry with exterior finish brick
• Durable materials for ease of cleaning and maintenance (i.e., burnish block walls and terrazzo flooring)

Sustainability and Certification

This Chicago police project is LEED® Certified to the Gold Level from the USGBC and includes a geothermal heating and cooling system and a green roof over 50% of the roof. The facility also features a permeable unit paver parking lot selected to reduce heat island effects, environmentally friendly and recycled material usage, and a state-of-the-art building energy management system. The site includes EV charging stations to provide additional support for the Chicago police department with an electronic charging fleet.

Exterior Amenities

• Parking lot (225 spaces and four elective vehicle recharging ports)
• 150-foot monopole communications tower
• Outdoor electronic message board
• Reflective and landscaped site development (reduces the urban heat island effect)
• Bicycle storage area for the community of Chicago
• Permeable paving
• Aggressive stormwater management
• Green and reflective roof

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