Correctional

East Mississippi Correctional Facility
Meridian, MS

Start: March 1998
Completion: March 1999
Contract Amt.: $4,436,505

East Mississippi Correctional Facility, owned and operated by Wackenhut Corrections of Palm Beach, Florida, is located in Meridian, Mississippi. The 230,000 square-foot psychiatric prison contains four housing pods, one support and one maintenance building.Ivey Mechanical Company performed the HVAC, plumbing and utility work for the prison and the piping for the 500,000-gallon water tank.Architectural design of Wackenhut’s 1,000-bed prison called for exterior walls to be constructed of tilt-up panels. A challenge for Ivey was to maintain plumbing rough-in beneath slab until all exterior walls were formed, poured and tilted on the actual building slab.Ivey set 14 roof-top units, ranging from five to 30 tons each, on the support building’s exterior, running duct up along exterior walls and through the attic. Sixteen 20-ton split HVAC systems were installed in the housing pods. Before installation in the housing pods, 128 plumbing risers were pre-fabricated on-site. The installation of the risers was completed in 6 days.Ivey Mechanical Company, working a total of 67,062 man-hours with no lost-time or recordable accident, completed the prison facility on schedule and within budget.

Lawrenceville Correctional Center
Lawrenceville, VA

Start: October 1996
Completion: March 1998
Contract Amt.: $5,481,000

In March 1998, Ivey Mechanical Company completed the HVAC and plumbing for ten buildings at the new 1,500-bed correctional facility which houses administration, classrooms, dining hall, kitchen, greenhouse, guard house, maintenance, and six two-story modular pre-cast concrete cell buildings. Installation included 73 rooftop units ranging from ten to 25 tons each and over 1,500 plumbing fixtures on the18-month design/build project.

Nassau County Jail
Yulee, FL

Start: January 2001
Completion: March 2002
Contract Amt.: $449,400

The Nassau County Jail is a 320-bed detention center with a full administrative support section adjacent to the housing building.Ivey Mechanical Company technicians installed plumbing systems for 110 security fixtures and 40 security showers along with full kitchen and laundry facilities, including gas piping and equipment connections. Ivey crews also completed a large portion of site utility work on which the client was desperate for a solution.

Regional Youth Detention Facilities
Augusta, Cordele, Macon, Rome, GA

Start: March 2002
Completion: July 2003
Contract Amt.: $4,800,000

Four medium security (non classified) regional youth detention facilities constructed for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice concurrently in Augusta, Cordele, Macon, and Rome, Georgia. The project consisted of 256 total housing units (64 per site), administration offices, classrooms, on-site medical and dental facilities, commercial kitchens and cafeteria, laundry, gymnasium, and holding/processing areas.

Rivers Correctional Institution
Winton, NC

Start: February 2000
Completion: February 2001
Contract Amt.: $5,366,577

The Rivers Correctional Institution represents a $63 million investment and is located on 257 acres west of Winton, North Carolina. The facility is a campus design with four housing buildings, recreational areas, a central programs building, an administrative building, a prison industries building, and four perimeter towers. The design of the facility enables cost effective utilization of security staff supplemented by modern electronic surveillance.Plumbing and HVAC on the 1,450-bed, low-security adult male corrections facility began in February 2000. The project completed in February 2001 after 79,000-manhours with no lost-time accident.

Walnut Grove Correctional Facility
Walnut Grove, MS

Start: December 1999
Completion: January 2001
Contract Amt.: $4,433,700

The Walnut Grove Correctional Facility built at Walnut Grove, Mississippi is a 376,000 square foot juvenile detention center. Ivey Mechanical services installed 43 units in the attic. The project completed in 13 months.

Yazoo City Prison
Yazoo City, MS

Start: February 2001
Completion: September 2003
Contract Amt.: $13,819,000

The medium security Federal Correctional Institution at Yazoo City is a design-build project with a total project amount of $90 million. The project consists of 3 general housing units, 1 special housing unit, and 13 other support buildings with a combined square footage of approximately 500,000 square feet. The facility will house 1,200 medium security inmates upon completion.

Delta Correctional Facility
Greenwood, MS

Completion: August 1996
Contract Amt.: $2,400,000

Install heating, ventilation, and plumbing for a 220,000 square-foot medium-security facility, housing 1,000 beds. The design/assist project contained six buildings, including: 1 administrative support building, 3 housing units, and 1 cell-block unit.

Hardee Correctional Institution
Phases I & II
Hardee County, FL

Completion: June 1991
Contract Amt.: $4,396,034

Installed HVAC and plumbing for the new prison facility. Included six 2-story housing units; buildings for food service, visitors, maintenance, warehouse, housing support, generators, and administration.

John T. Montfort
550 Bed Maximum Security Psychiatric Prison
Lubbock, TX

Completion: October 1995
Contract Amt.: $4,433,700

Installed plumbing and HVAC on this maximum security psychiatric facility. Prison contains ten buildings constructed with high-security plumbing fixtures and high security air grilles. Plus 900-bed light security work camp prison facility.

Liberty County
2,000 Bed State Prison
Dayton, TX

Completion: January 1995
Contract Amt.: $6,105,562

Installed plumbing and HVAC for 2,000-bed women’s prison consisting of 12 buildings and a guard facility. The buildings include six dormitories, a dining and laundry building, an education building, an administration building, a medical building, a processing and holding building, and a maintenance building. The largest women’s prison in the United States.

Whitfield County Law Enforcement Center
Dayton, GA

Completion: December 2002
Contract Amt.: $1,600,000

Law Enforcement Center including 64 inmate cells. There are five building areas with various roof heights. This project used a helicopter to set the rooftop equipment. The facility has a total of 141,323 square feet.


East Mississippi Correctional Facility Meridian, MS Start: March 1998 Completion: March 1999 Contract Amt.: $4,436,505
East Mississippi Correctional Facility, owned and operated by Wackenhut Corrections of Palm Beach, Florida, is located in Meridian, Mississippi. The 230,000 square-foot psychiatric prison contains four housing pods, one support and one maintenance building.Ivey Mechanical Company performed the HVAC, plumbing and utility work for the prison and the piping for the 500,000-gallon water tank.Architectural design of Wackenhut’s 1,000-bed prison called for exterior walls to be constructed of tilt-up panels. A challenge for Ivey was to maintain plumbing rough-in beneath slab until all exterior walls were formed, poured and tilted on the actual building slab.Ivey set 14 roof-top units, ranging from five to 30 tons each, on the support building’s exterior, running duct up along exterior walls and through the attic. Sixteen 20-ton split HVAC systems were installed in the housing pods. Before installation in the housing pods, 128 plumbing risers were pre-fabricated on-site. The installation of the risers was completed in 6 days.Ivey Mechanical Company, working a total of 67,062 man-hours with no lost-time or recordable accident, completed the prison facility on schedule and within budget.
Lawrenceville Correctional Center Lawrenceville, VA Start: October 1996 Completion: March 1998 Contract Amt.: $5,481,000
In March 1998, Ivey Mechanical Company completed the HVAC and plumbing for ten buildings at the new 1,500-bed correctional facility which houses administration, classrooms, dining hall, kitchen, greenhouse, guard house, maintenance, and six two-story modular pre-cast concrete cell buildings. Installation included 73 rooftop units ranging from ten to 25 tons each and over 1,500 plumbing fixtures on the18-month design/build project.
Nassau County Jail Yulee, FL Start: January 2001 Completion: March 2002 Contract Amt.: $449,400
The Nassau County Jail is a 320-bed detention center with a full administrative support section adjacent to the housing building.Ivey Mechanical Company technicians installed plumbing systems for 110 security fixtures and 40 security showers along with full kitchen and laundry facilities, including gas piping and equipment connections. Ivey crews also completed a large portion of site utility work on which the client was desperate for a solution.
Regional Youth Detention Facilities Augusta, Cordele, Macon, Rome, GA Start: March 2002 Completion: July 2003 Contract Amt.: $4,800,000
Four medium security (non classified) regional youth detention facilities constructed for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice concurrently in Augusta, Cordele, Macon, and Rome, Georgia. The project consisted of 256 total housing units (64 per site), administration offices, classrooms, on-site medical and dental facilities, commercial kitchens and cafeteria, laundry, gymnasium, and holding/processing areas.
Rivers Correctional Institution Winton, NC Start: February 2000 Completion: February 2001 Contract Amt.: $5,366,577
The Rivers Correctional Institution represents a $63 million investment and is located on 257 acres west of Winton, North Carolina. The facility is a campus design with four housing buildings, recreational areas, a central programs building, an administrative building, a prison industries building, and four perimeter towers. The design of the facility enables cost effective utilization of security staff supplemented by modern electronic surveillance.Plumbing and HVAC on the 1,450-bed, low-security adult male corrections facility began in February 2000. The project completed in February 2001 after 79,000-manhours with no lost-time accident.
Walnut Grove Correctional Facility Walnut Grove, MS Start: December 1999 Completion: January 2001 Contract Amt.: $4,433,700
The Walnut Grove Correctional Facility built at Walnut Grove, Mississippi is a 376,000 square foot juvenile detention center. Ivey Mechanical services installed 43 units in the attic. The project completed in 13 months.
Yazoo City Prison Yazoo City, MS Start: February 2001 Completion: September 2003 Contract Amt.: $13,819,000
The medium security Federal Correctional Institution at Yazoo City is a design-build project with a total project amount of $90 million. The project consists of 3 general housing units, 1 special housing unit, and 13 other support buildings with a combined square footage of approximately 500,000 square feet. The facility will house 1,200 medium security inmates upon completion.
Delta Correctional Facility Greenwood, MS Completion: August 1996 Contract Amt.: $2,400,000
Install heating, ventilation, and plumbing for a 220,000 square-foot medium-security facility, housing 1,000 beds. The design/assist project contained six buildings, including: 1 administrative support building, 3 housing units, and 1 cell-block unit.
Hardee Correctional Institution Phases I & II Hardee County, FL Completion: June 1991 Contract Amt.: $4,396,034
Installed HVAC and plumbing for the new prison facility. Included six 2-story housing units; buildings for food service, visitors, maintenance, warehouse, housing support, generators, and administration.
John T. Montfort 550 Bed Maximum Security Psychiatric Prison Lubbock, TX Completion: October 1995 Contract Amt.: $4,433,700
Installed plumbing and HVAC on this maximum security psychiatric facility. Prison contains ten buildings constructed with high-security plumbing fixtures and high security air grilles. Plus 900-bed light security work camp prison facility.
Liberty County 2,000 Bed State Prison Dayton, TX Completion: January 1995 Contract Amt.: $6,105,562
Installed plumbing and HVAC for 2,000-bed women’s prison consisting of 12 buildings and a guard facility. The buildings include six dormitories, a dining and laundry building, an education building, an administration building, a medical building, a processing and holding building, and a maintenance building. The largest women’s prison in the United States.
Whitfield County Law Enforcement Center Dayton, GA Completion: December 2002 Contract Amt.: $1,600,000
Law Enforcement Center including 64 inmate cells. There are five building areas with various roof heights. This project used a helicopter to set the rooftop equipment. The facility has a total of 141,323 square feet.