ROUND ROCK, TX — Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) started construction on an expansion project for the City of Round Rock on its existing public safety facility in support of the city’s fire and police departments.
The Round Rock Public Safety Training Center construction will include expansion to the main administration building, a new stand-alone classroom building, police and fire equipment storage, an emergency vehicle operations course, a heavy-duty skills pad area, an observation tower, and a backup emergency generator. The project is slated for completion in early 2027.
“AP recognizes the significance of this expansion for the City of Round Rock and its residents, and we take this assignment very seriously,” said Eric Churchill, Vice President of Central Texas. “The improvements planned will provide much-needed educational and practical training opportunities for the fire and police departments to help bolster the quality of the city’s first responders.”
The 6,602-square-foot main building expansion will add over 6,000 square feet of meeting room space and additional room for fire training personnel. A new 4,700-square-foot classroom building will consist of two classrooms, with restrooms, storage, and a kitchenette. An additional skills pad will provide a dedicated space for the fire department to conduct extrication exercises.
The Round Rock Public Safety Training Center Enhancement Phase 2 Project was approved in a 2023 bond election. The training center, which first opened in 2018, serves both the city’s fire and police departments and features classrooms, an indoor tactical firing range, defensive tactics area, scenario-training structures (including a five-story burn tower), outdoor skills pads, and specialized props such as a fuel-spill site.
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The building’s original architect, Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects, designed the project expansion.
