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COMMERCIAL (ELECTRICAL CONTRACTS
OVER $5,000,001)

IEC NATIONAL 2019 AWARDS | EXCELLENCE IN ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION

APG

CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG POLICE

HEADQUARTERS FACILITY/EOC

APG was recognized for its work on the City of
St. Petersburg Police Headquarters Facility/EOC.

The City of St. Petersburg Police Headquarters Facility/
EOC project consists of a beautiful yet highly functional
complex of government buildings that serve as the Police
Headquarters for the City of St. Petersburg, FL. It included
a three-story, 170,000 square foot administration building
with a Data and Emergency Call Center, a two-story annex
building for police and forensic activities, a four-story,
321-space parking garage, and a Central Energy Plant. As
a government center for critical services and a backup
call center for Pinellas County’s 911 dispatchers, every
building on this 6.3-acre site was constructed to the highest
possible standard. Structurally capable of withstanding
a Category 5 hurricane with winds up to 195 mph, this
complex is designed to stay up and running in the worst by the Owner’s desired completion date. APG were left
possible weather conditions. As utility power is frequently with only 30 days to meet a critical permanent power
disrupted during a hurricane, emergency power generation activation deadline. This was an extremely daunting task
was a primary concern. The Central Energy Plant contains in view of the huge amount of work left to be done before
three 1,500kW emergency backup generators, each sitting the main power switch could be left in the “on” position.
atop a dedicated 9,400-gallon fuel tank. Paralleling gear Several of APG’s project superintendents and their crews
ties these three units together to provide constant and from other projects rallied together, sacrificing time at
coordinated emergency power to the entire facility. In home to work ten hour days and weekends to meet this
addition to this backup power, six 200kVA Uninterruptible extremely aggressive schedule. In many cases, they were
Power Supplies feed critical data server equipment. spending every day of the week on a different project site
and then returning to the St. Petersburg Police Headquarters
Beyond the overall scope and complexity of a project of on the weekends. Nearly 4,700 hours of overtime were
this magnitude, APG’s greatest challenge was presented accrued in just 30 days, and we APG met the deadline!

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