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Photo courtesy: Salt Lake City CorporationSALT LAKE CITY — The public joined Mayor Ralph Becker on a virtual tour of the city's future public safety building Tuesday morning.
A virtual animation tour of how the public safety building is expected to look launched at www.slcgov.com/psb. The fly-through tour shows off the building from every angle, both inside and out. The website allows visitors to navigate through the project's public lobby, plaza and festival space, as well as the emergency operations center.
The $125 million public safety building will house the capital city's police and fire departments. Construction is under way, with completion expected in May 2013.
The new earthquake-proof, energy-efficient building will replace the 50-year-old public safety headquarters at 315 E. 200 S. that officials have called "dilapidated" and even "unsafe."
Salt Lake City voters overwhelmingly approved a bond measure for construction of the building in 2009. That bond was a slimmed-down version of the $192 million public safety bond in 2007 that failed by fewer than 300 votes.
City officials say the new public safety building will meet at least a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design silver rating. It is also being touted as the first such facility in the United States that will have a "net zero" energy balance, meaning it will generate as much energy as it uses.
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