Builders Roundtable: The Value of Construction Managers

A construction manager (CM) can be a vital part of a successful project team. Their careful coordination and supervision of correctional and justice projects — both large and small — can help ensure a new or improved facility will meet its owners needs for years to come.

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Coyote Ridge Correctional Center Opens New Resource Activity Center

CONNELL, Wash. — Coyote Ridge Correctional Center’s new Resource Activity Center, which was originally designed by Integrus Architecture to be a chapel, recently opened after receiving a Certificate of Occupancy in April 2015. Work to expand the correctional center originally began in July 2005 and included the addition of 2,048 new medium-security beds.

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Spokane Courthouse Exceeds Energy Performance Goals

SPOKANE, Wash. — Seattle-based McKinstry, a full-service design-build-operate-and-maintain (DBOM) firm, announced the one-year performance metrics for Spokane’s retrofitted Thomas S. Foley United States Courthouse project.

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Reinforcing the Centrality of the Security Controls Function

SCORE — Central Security Control Station Design
Architect: DLR Group
Security Systems Design: R&N Systems Design
Security System Integrator: Sierra Detention Systems
General Contractor: Lydig Construction

Locating the Central Control Room to Look Directly Into Housing:

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