FORENSIC EVIDENCE BUILDING

This facility will help the Sheriff’s Office to continue to meet their growing needs and to provide the service the County expects. It will provide the Sheriff’s Office with a central repository for evidence and a location to perform the forensics necessary for criminal investigations.

PROJECT GOALS:  

• Provide design services to evaluate the Collier County Sheriff’s needs. 
• Provide an approximate 90,000 SF building located at the Resource Recovery Park for the CCSO forensic operations

PROJECT FEATURES:  

Features are to include:

• Secure storage of evidence including, but not limited to: 
  • Vehicles, including heavy equipment  
  • Drugs and paraphernalia 
  • Weapons 
  • Clothing 
  • Liquids  
• Administration operations 
• Security restrictions and access 
• Appropriate space configurations 
• Space of square foot equivalent to or over 90,000 SF 
• Recommendations of the features of the facility that will be needed to accommodate the operations by allowing:
  • Consolidation of functions 
  • Segregation of items that cannot be co-mingled 
  • Appropriate climate controls in appropriate areas

COSTS AND FUNDING:  

• The programming costs are subject to final allocation by the Sheriff’s Office 
• The construction and outfitting budget is set at approximately $33M