Clarence E. Lightner Public Safety Center

City of Raleigh - Construction Management Division
KlingStubbins, Inc.- Architect / Engineers
Cherry Huffman Architects- Associate Architects / Interior Architect
Mulkey, Inc. - Associate Structural Engineer
Winbourne & Costas, Inc. - Technology
Wilson Estes Police Architects - Police / Fire Consultant
Kimley-Horn Associates - Civil Engineering
Sasaki Associates, Inc. - Landscape Architects
Modern South Construction Co. - Construction Logistics
Ove Arup & Partners Consulting - Sustainability Consultant
Al Prince & Associates - Topographical Survey
Lerch Bates - Elevator Consultant
Light Defines Form - Lighting Consultant
Wayne Place - Daylighting Consultant
Applied Research Associates, Inc - Security / Threat Assessment Consultant
Israel Berger & Associates, LLC - Envelope Consultan
RWDI, Inc. - Consulting Engineers - Acoustical Consultant
Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group - Wind Tunnel Consultant
Applied Technical Services, Incorporated - Façade Access Consultant
Allied Fire Protection, Inc. - Fire Protection Consultant

Construction Manager at Risk Team:

Clancy & Theys / Archer Western Joint Venture

Site plan approval
Final construction drawings

Design Phase

Police and Fire Headquarters Studies began in 2002
City Space Needs Study completed in 2002
Location chosen to be Avery C. Upchurch Governmental Complex: June, 2007
Designer Selection: September, 2007
Programming Completed: February, 2008
Basis of Estimate approved by Council: February, 2008
Basis of Design approved by Council: December, 2008
Construction Manager at Risk selection: January, 2009
Schematic Design Completed: October, 2008
Design Development Completed: May, 2009
Construction Document completion: May, 2010
Proposed Construction Start: June, 2010

The New Clarence E. Lightner Public Safety Center will consist of a 305,000-square-foot, seventeen-story building housing the following city departments.

• Raleigh Police Department Administration
• Raleigh Fire Department Administration
• City of Raleigh-Wake County Emergency Communication Center (including the Raleigh-Wake 911 Call Center)
• City of Raleigh Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
• City of Raleigh Data Center and Information Technology Department
• Facilities and Operations Division of Parks and Recreation
• City of Raleigh Traffic Control Center.

The Emergency Communication Center is a 24-hour operation and receives 911 emergency calls for much of Wake County.

The Data Center will support all function of the building as well as the full City of Raleigh Information Technology system.

Due to the critical mission of the operations housed in the building, the building systems must be very reliable with redundant back-up services to fully maintain critical functions during an event.

1. Replace outdated facilities with a new environmentally sustainable Public Safety facility.
2. Achieve sustainable and energy efficiency goals as directed by the City of Raleigh City Council actions.
3. Achieve United States Green Building Council's LEED Gold Certification.
4. Achieve Uptime Institute's Tier Three / Four Certification on Critical Operations.
5. Provide for growth to the year 2027 for building occupants.

Completion in April, 2013

Total Cost for Project of $205,000,000 including the purchases and renovations of existing buildings at 218 W. Cabarrus Street and 6716 Six Forks Road to provide interim locations for Raleigh Police Department operations.

The New Clarence E. Lighter Public Safety Center Project costs are as follows:

Building & Site including Escalation, Permits,
LEED Gold Certification, Owner Contingency,
Design Contingency, CMAR Contingency,
General Conditions and Fees, Bonds and Insurance: $141,000,000

Owner Design Fees, Contingency, Relocation
and Upfit, Direct Purchase Fixtures, Furniture and
Equipment, Technology Equipment, Commissioning,
Testing, Special Inspections and Reserve: $64,000,000