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Joanne Ray

Berlin, N.H. To Get New Prison
March 18, 2008

Berlin, NH:  The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded the design build construction contract for the design and construction of a new medium security federal correctional institution in Berlin, New Hampshire. The design build contract was awarded to Bell Constructors, Inc and Heery Construction Company - a joint venture out of New York. Oldcastle Precast Modular Group received the contract for the precast concrete correctional cells. The new $230 million Federal Correctional Institution will include six housing units, administrative offices, recreational space as well as healthcare, educational and food services and house approximately 1,280 inmates. Oldcastle Precast Modular Group was chosen to manufacture, fully outfit and erect the 864 precast cells for the three, two-story general housing units and one, two-story special housing unit for the new 590,000 square foot facility. Oldcastle began production of the precast concrete prison cells at their manufacturing plant in Rehoboth, Mass. Erection of the finished cells is expected to begin in July 2008. The project is expected to take approximately 37 months to complete. The General Contractor for the project is Bell/Heery Joint Venture of Rochester, NY and the Architect of Record is Edward Rowse Architects of Providence, RI in association with KMD Architects of San Francisco, CA.

Posted by Joanne Ray on March 18, 2008 | Comments (0)