EL CAJON, CALIF. — San Diego-based Gafcon Inc., a construction and management consulting firm, has started construction on a new $40 million Public Safety Building in El Cajon. Proposition O, a half-cent sales tax, is funding the 119,400-square-foot property. The five-story building will include administrative and operational space for all divisions, a joint police and fire emergency operations center, a community meeting room, a communications center, an indoor firing range, a crime laboratory, property processing and storage area, a short-term custody facility and a central data center. The project is scheduled for completion in June 2011. KMA Architecture & Engineering was selected as the primary architect in partnership with McClaren, Wilson & Lawrie. Ledcor Construction is serving as general contractor for the project.
