Featured Project
Village of Caledonia Public Safety Building
Type
Municipal
Size
56,660 SF
Architect
FGM Architects
Location
Caledonia, WI
Municipal construction that grows communities and trust.
RECOGNITION & AWARDS
2024 Firehouse Station Design Award:
Silver Medal in Joint Facilities category
Project Leader
Chad Parker
We know today’s taxpayers demand performance, accountability, and integrity. Riley shares your goals of serving the public good by delivering construction that is on time, on budget, and on mission with our trademark transparency, communication, and can-do spirit. We believe building a new addition to a community should be a positive experience for everyone.
GOALS
The Village of Caledonia came to Riley with a bold vision for a new public safety building to serve a growing community. The building needed to increase public safety and reduce call response times. Leaders envisioned a vibrant new, seamlessly integrated addition to the community.
In addition, Caledonia wanted one space to house both police and fire departments while serving the departments’ unique needs. The facility needed to accommodate a growing staff and keep the village on pace with modern law enforcement and firefighting/emergency medical practices.
Village leaders asked Riley to help build the new facility for ample future expansion of Caledonia as a sought-after destination for new home buyers.
SOLUTIONS
Riley worked as stewards of the project’s budget, carefully planning and choosing solutions to best serve the community’s needs.
“Heroes under one roof”
Riley quickly identified frequent communication as key to success, aligning all parties, answering questions, sharing information, and lowering stress. Riley guided the village administrator, public works director, police and fire chiefs, and village president through biweekly meetings everyone looked forward to.
Riley’s superintendent summed up the approach: “We treat this project like this is our home. We wouldn’t put anything in your building that we didn’t 100% believe in.”
Riley went further by proactively suggesting materials and methods to add longevity and performance to the building for its new and future professional occupants.
RESULTS
Caledonia’s new municipal building achieved its goals of reducing response times for both police and fire departments. The modern facility also provided ample growth potential to serve the community for generations, helping make the Village of Caledonia more attractive as a home-buying destination.
The new multi-use building integrates seamlessly with pedestrian walkways, native prairie grass, landscaped ponds, baseball and sports fields, and a sledding hill built from the excavated construction soil.
