SchenkelShultz Selected for N.C. Prison Project

RALEIGH, N.C. — SchenkelShultz was awarded a $115 million design contract for new construction, additions and renovations to enhance security and improve inmate management at the North Carolina Central Prison Maximum Security Complex.

The complex is the primary medical center and mental health correctional facility for the central regions of the state’s prison system. The complex master plan includes a new 120-bed Regional Medical Center with emergency, outpatient and dental services, a specialty clinic, acute long-term care and surgery center. A mental health center for inmate services and housing will be located next door. Construction on the project is expected to be completed in 2010.

SchenkelShultz has more than 40 years of experience designing state and federal correctional facilities, and educational, commercial and municipal facilities.