Stantec • Fort Macleod, Alberta

Stantec's multibuilding design for the Alberta Public Safety and Law Enforcement Training Centre (APSLETC), in Fort Macleod, Alberta. Image: Courtesy Stantec

Stantec has unveiled its design for the Alberta Public Safety and Law Enforcement Training Centre (APSLETC) in Fort Macleod, Alberta.

The APSLETC integrates building and landscape design into a campus that meets the training needs of law enforcement agencies across North America. The design provides classroom, indoor simulations,  combat, and advanced driving skills training facilities.

The APSLETC facility occupies over one-half square mile (1.4 square kilometers) and includes indoor and outdoor training facilities, as well as a residence hall and classrooms.

The APSLETC will cover approximately 340 acres (123 hectares) of land and will comprise a residential building, simulation labs, classrooms, a mock courtroom, a mock processing unit. Other training features include indoor urban streetscape, urban village, and rural farm scenarios; high and low speed vehicle test pads; and a forest scenario.

The facility will also have 25- and 50-meter (82- and 164-foot) indoor shooting ranges and a 300-meter (1,000-foot) outdoor shooting range.

A design-build proposal for the APSLETC from Bird Design-Build Construction Inc. (Bird) and Stantec Architecture Ltd. was selected by Alberta Infrastructure and the province's Solicitor General in July 2012.