Greater Harris County 9-1-1
The new headquarters will be a hardened facility serving as the technological and administrative hub for the district’s PSAPs. Included are systems training, command & control center monitoring supported agencies, IT support and configuration, and back-up PSAP site. The two-story building incorporates extensive security measures and is designed to withstand category 3 hurricane wind forces.
| Square Footage: | 45,000 SF | |
| Construction Budget: | $16,100,000 | |
| Completion Date: | September 2009 | |
| Location: | Houston, TX |
Greater Harris County 9-1-1
Construction Budget: $16,100,000
Completion Date: September 2009
Location: Houston, TX
Services included existing site assessment, candidate site evaluations, programming, and conceptual design services for a new facility. The proposed new 50,000 sf facility shall provide technology management, technology support, systems training, public safety & county data storage and recovery, PSAP back-up, and administrative functions for the District's approximately forty agency PSAP sites. Candidate sites were evaluated for threats and vulnerability exposures cognizant of a range if considerations including critical hazardous production facilities throughout the area and storm/hurricane vulnerabilities.
The project is currently under construction. Tim Lisle and Jacobs/Wyper are providing continued subject matter expert consulting services to the architect of record in Houston.
Project services performed by Tim Lisle, AIA, partner with Jacobs/Wyper, while Managing Principal with L. Robert Kimball & Associates.
Program Areas
- Administrative
- Network Command Center
- System Training/Back-up PSAP
- Network IT Center
- Data Center
