UMass Police Station

Project Description

A $12.5M, 27,130 square foot complex to serve as the new home of the 75-member UMass Police Department.  The facility will  include an inviting, approachable structure for visitors and everyday users while maintaining the levels of security required for a police facility.  The building in designed to operate 24 hours per day, seven days a week, providing all patrol, investigation, specialized and emergency response, as well as crime prevention and educational services at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus.

Emergency Operations Center

The University of Massachusetts Facilities and Campus Planning Department has been working with the University Emergency Management and Business Continuity Department to locate and construct a new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) within the new police station structure.  The EOC function is to provide a central point of communication and a command center during a crisis or natural disaster affecting the campus.  

Sustainable Design

Consistent with the University of Massachusetts Amherst Environmental Performance and Green Initiatives, an important goal for this project is to design and construct the new police facility to meet LEED certification standards --the first new construction on campus to do so.  The project is currently targeting LEED gold.

Construction is scheduled to begin in September, 2009, with final commissioning to take place in December, 2010.