This project includes the renovation of the existing 1900sf Val Verde Fire Station to house a Sheriff’s Substation and Fire Department, and the adjacent construction of an approximately 2300sf Apparatus Bay for the Fire Department. Due to a particularly low budget and site limitations, RMKMA designed a circular drive in order to provide redundant ingress/egress for the fire fighters and officers. A CMU site wall will hide the existing metal building and creates the appearance of a public safety complex, while also enclosing a secure outdoor zone connecting the two facilities. Construction has begun, will break during the inclement winter months, and is expected to be complete by Summer 2012.

The new police headquarters will serve a rapidly growing Tribal Police Department and will be located in what is planned to be a new tribal commercial development on the northernmost edge of the City. The facility is planned based on 20 year growth assumptions, with means for flexibility incorporated based on the ever-changing needs of the department. The Design Team is using well-practiced methods for creating varying levels of security, and secure and public zones, while incorporating traditional elements of pueblo design in keeping with Sandia Tribal culture and tradition. The facility will be open and inviting to the public, and, since it will be the first new building in the tribal commercial development, strives to set the standard for future development in the area.

This project involves replacing the existing Tribal Administration building, located on the Plaza in the center of the Pueblo. The 30,000gsf building will house Tribal Leadership offices, Tribal Council, Tribal Courts, Tribal Administration departments, and a community senior center. The proposed two-story building scheme will take advantage of spectacular, uninterrupted views of the Sandia Mountains to the East. The Design Team is currently working in the Schematic Design phase.

RMKMA performed the following services: needs assessment, programming, conceptual design and probable construction cost modeling. McKinley County, in association with L.A.M. Corporation, Loren Miller, AIA – Architect-of-Record, asked RMKMA to prepare a Space Program and Concepts Report that took into consideration the Municipal Court, Magistrate Court, and DWI programs in one facility. The document studies and explores site options for combining aspects of the existing Magistrate Court with the Gallup Municipal Court on the existing site. Additionally, the DWI and DWI Compliance Program will also be included in this new facility. The purpose of this Program and Conceptual Master Plan is to collect data, interview all department supervisors, analyze data, develop goals and present concepts which will allow for the best site utilization within the County’s budget parameters and how the new facility will best connect to the existing buildings. As directed, the facility should be planned for 10 years growth potential. Other considerations include: adequate security checkpoints, public lobbies, jury courtrooms, jury assembly area, jury deliberation rooms, secure means of transporting prisoners from the existing ADC, secure judges’ chambers, attorney-client conference rooms, adequate restrooms and drinking fountains, building code compliance, handicapped accessibility, and segregated (restricted, secured, public) vertical and horizontal circulation. Programming, Masterplanning, and Schematic Design are completed; the 30,000gsf new facility and 10,400gsf renovated existing facility are currently in Design Development phase.

The new 35,000 sf Guadalupe County Hospital will include a general acute care hospital with a 10 bed inpatient unit, an emergency department, a medical office building for primary care, public health, and a pharmacy. The facility will allow the hospital to continue to provide emergency care as well as outpatient and inpatient services to the entire county. Aside from creating a more functional and safe facility, the new building sets out to: Create a home-like atmosphere where patients feel comfortable; foster a better partnership with the Department of Health; Establish a facility that better reflects its importance as a community space; Create a facility that maintains the culture and traditions of the people it serves; Allow public education to become a more central part of the hospital’s service

The new medical center will be a 180,000 square foot freestanding building on a site whose concept and development are unique to the San Carlos Apache Tribe.  The medical center will be modern, technologically advanced, culturally meaningful, and architecturally responsive to the healthcare needs of the San Carlos Apache Tribe.