On April 28, 2010, Ian Reeves, Vice President and law enforcement architect for Architects Design Group, co-hosted a tour of the nearly complete new Sarasota Police Headquarters facility for the City’s elected officials. Commissioners Suzanne Atwell and Richard Clapp were in attendance. Rick Winters, the City’s Project Manager, Don Francke of Project Development International as the Owner’s Representative, and Tom Cockerell of Kraft Construction all contributed to the tour. Reeves was able to provide a historical background regarding design and project decisions that were made at the onset and early stages of the design that led to the state of the art law enforcement facility that is now nearing its completion.
On August 3rd, the City will be hosting the ‘Grand Opening” of the new Police Headquarters facility which will be open to the public. Dignitaries from the City and surrounding communities are also expected to participate. An “Art In Public Places” subcommittee, made up of Rick Winters and Ian Reeves, has been successful in securing approval from the State of New York and its Port Authority to have a very significant piece of salvaged structural steel from Tower II of the World Trade Center erected vertically within the entry plaza. Upon its arrival to the project site, the 40 foot high monument will respectfully recognize those who were lost in the infamous terrorist attack on 9/11. The design and engineering services in support of this effort were contributed by Architects Design Group, TLC Engineering for Architecture, TRC Worldwide Engineering, and George F. Young Civil Engineers. Architects Design Group is proud of the efforts made by all contributing parties in making this vision become a reality as we believe it shall become a community treasure and icon.