The Public Safety Center, commonly known as PSC, got a strong and elegant design on 31 October 2012. The 70,000-square-foot PSC will be constructed on a one-acre site and will replace the current city of Edmond Administration Building at 100 E. It will accommodate police headquarters, a 911 communication centre and emergency management.
The plan depicts that the city’s downtown design guidelines are honoured. According to the architects, building exteriors such as the Forensic Science Institute, the OSBI laboratory and historic buildings downtown influenced the PSC design.
Pedestrians will get a chance to enjoy the landscaped sidewalks to encourage an east-to-west pedestrian flow downtown to the University of Central Oklahoma campus. A corner entry off First Street and Littler will allow public access amid a vertical glass entryway rising three stories. The main facility will initially accommodate more than 170 police staff mixed with public safety staff.
Public Safety Center will get the main facility, which will initially accommodate more than 170 police staff mixed with public safety staff. Along with it, there will be an alley driveway that will slope down on the south side of the building for police parking and detention functions secured by a fence and the detention will be in the lower basement. The other access point will be from the north while the parking area will be in the south of the City First building. Public Safety Center will also feature a multi-purpose room for upto 90 people with a provision for partition.
The design presented to the PSC Steering Committee also features a 15,000-square-foot PSC auxiliary building, a territorial-style building to be constructed northwest of 33rd and Broadway. First St. Laboratory, vehicles, evidence-based storage and other related functions will be located at the $3.5 million auxiliary building.
The duration of the construction is 18 months and the work is expected to complete by early 2015.
