The City of Loveland (COL) and City of Fort Collins’ (COFC) jointly pursued the creation the Northern Colorado Law Enforcement Training Center (NCLETC), forming an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) to manage the design, construction, and operation of the facility and contributing 50% of the funds to the project. The core project team included one project manager from COL and COFC, and one representative of the COL and COFC Police Departments (Project Team). The Project Team selected an architect responsible for developing a program, site masterplan, and designing the first phase of the facility. This process began in 2017 and was completed in late 2019. In early 2019, the project team selected a general contractor under a Construction Manager at Risk delivery model. In mid-2019, the project team brought in Ditesco to act as a third-party Owner’s Representative. The final design consisted of an 8,000sf LEED-certified administration building, 50-yard firing range, 1.4-mile driving track, and 5-acre skills pad. Following multiple meetings and reviews with the Building and Planning Department, the project was approved for construction in early April 2020. Construction began with the site Civil package – construction of the driving track and skills pad. Significant earth-moving activities and soil treatment was required prior to concrete placement due to the existing soil conditions on the site. Prior to concrete placement, the project hosted the police department driving instructors at the site to verify the driving track grades. The driving instructors raised significant safety concerns with the driving track as they felt the design grades were too steep. This is an example of a recurring gap that occurred between the specialty architect and the end user – ultimate understanding of what was desired versus what was designed. The track was quickly redesigned to meet the police department needs. This approach continued throughout construction.

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