This almost 13,000-square-foot renovation and addition updated an existing building to create a new complex for the Blytheville Police Department and the court system. The project gave the city more space and tools with which to serve their community.
The project scope included:
- Remodel of 10,194 square feet of a former National Guard Armory building (originally constructed over 50 years ago)
- Add-on of an additional 2,343 square feet of new space
- Extensive demolition of existing building, including
- Removing interior walls
- Adding openings into the existing exterior walls
- Saw cutting large amounts of the slab for new plumbing lines
- Install footings for new structural components and walls
- Expand the second-floor area and add a mezzanine for the chair lift landing
- Install of two separate entrances: one for the police department and one for the courts
- Install of a transaction window at the desk sergeants office at the police entrance
- Construct all the components needed for a busy police station, including
- New bathrooms
- An evidence intake room, armory, and interview rooms
- Criminal investigation command and support spaces
- Administration area, offices, break room, conference room, and shift change room
- Records and booking space
- Dispatch room with the necessary power, data, and wood blocking in the walls for monitors, its own bathroom space, and a 50kw backup generator for emergency systems
- Construct all the components for an active court system, including
- Clerks space with large amounts of built-in millwork, two transaction windows, a separate waiting room, and clerks’ workroom
- Courtroom waiting room with bathroom facilities
- Courtroom with large amounts of wood trim
- Judges’ chambers and attorneys’ offices
- Fencing
- I.T. room
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