The City of Aurora Public Safety Training Center (CAPSTC) consisted of seven different projects to be designed, built and integrated together in a short time frame. Work included:

• 23-acres of extensive site work, converting a former bomb testing area
• Building almost two miles of a force main system to get sewage tied into a water treatment facility, which included boring through wetlands
• A 43,366-sf education and training building designed with flexibility to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders
• A new 7,000-sf, five-story drill tower structure
• A 3,500-sf class-A burn building
• An on-site pump house and sustainable water system to recycle water used after fire training
• 4.2 acres of 7-in concrete paving for an Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC), which was fast-track delivered to be completed in October before winter conditions set in

The completed joint-training campus now serves Aurora’s police, public works and fire departments to be more effective as a team when responding to emergency scenes, such as the 2012 Aurora theater shootings. Beyond the expected complexities of this project, the design-build team faced extraordinary measures, such as removing bombs from the site, experiencing a main access site closure due to an over-booked air show and keeping all personnel safe when a tornado touched down.