Design – Construction – Operations
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A lone sand dune once was the only thing occupying this New Mexico mesa. The remote site, more than 17 miles outside Albuquerque, is now home to what could become one of the largest jails in the United States, a highly anticipated project promising to showcase the latest correctional technologies.
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New technology finds a place among proven design features.
Cherokee County Chief Deputy Mike Malone and his transition team traveled to more than 25 direct-supervision jails in the Southeast, borrowing concepts for a new $35 million public safety facility serving the Atlanta suburbs. According to Malone, the carefully planned project is a far cry from the existing jail, which was built with barely any forethought.
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| The footprint for the Lyon County Courthouse was long and narrow. |
Emporia, Kansas, has a population of about 26,760; the entire county’s population sits at just below 36,000. Its largest employer is a meat processor.
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| The Ridge View Youth Services Center is the Colorado state goverment’s first major design-build-operate project. |
Six years ago, Colorado’s juvenile facilities offered just one option to the state’s Division of Youth Corre
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"Maximize efficiency." That’s the answer Anthony J. Turpin gives when asked the reason for building the new Whitfield County Law Enforcement Center in Dalton, Georgia. "The impetus was mainly to get everyone under one roof to improve efficiency," continues Turpin, the center’s project manager and an architect with Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects.
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