Justice and detention facility security systems are sophisticated and complex. BGA’s Security Electronics Engineering team specializes in the design of these large-scale security electronic systems. Construction costs for these systems on some projects exceed $10 Million.
Our experience consists of over 500 projects totaling over $35 Billion in facility construction costs and $1.7 Billion in Security Electronics systems costs for clients that include the Federal Bureau of Prisons, California Department of Corrections, Tennessee Department of Correction and Arizona Department of Correction.
BGA has over 150 years of combined experience and is an internationally recognized leader in this field. Additionally, we have special application experience with high security psychiatric and healthcare facilities. In addition to design services, we support construction phase services to monitor the progress of the Security Electronics Contractor including review of shop drawings, factory demonstrations, and installed systems. A history of successful projects has resulted in repeat business with a number of large agencies.
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BGA has done extensive work with several large agencies including:
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
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This project is a 500 bed (416 cell, 84 double bunked) housing facility that is an addition to the Rast Facility within the ASPC Lewis complex for the Arizona Department of Corrections. This is a CM at risk project with multiple GMP bid packages. The security electronic systems include door control and monitoring, touchscreen control, network IP video with digital video recording, intercom, and overhead paging. Estimated construction cost is $50 million and the estimated security electronics systems cost is $1.9 million.
This project is a six story, 120 bed health care facility and a six story, 216 bed mental health facility within the secure perimeter of Central Prison in Raleigh, NC, which is a maximum security facility for the North Carolina Department of Corrections. The project also included a new central utility plant and a new vehicle sallyport and associated building and guard tower. Buford Goff & Associates, Inc.’s responsibilities included touchscreen, door control, remote elevator control, intercom, CCTV, personal alarm, access control, MATV, and public address. The door control system interfaces to the pneumatic door system. The total project cost is $154M and security electronic systems costs is estimated to be $7M. The primary project was completed in December 2011. BGA Project Manager: Keith Summer. Delivery Method: CMAR.
$154M six-story 120 bed healthcare & 216 bed mental health.
Project is an addition to an existing detention facility and includes two segregation units, eight dormitory units, Booking, Intake, and Release, Law Enforcement support facilities, and Security Electronics upgrades to the existing facility. Engineering responsibilities included internal communications, card access, door monitoring and control, closed circuit television, digital video recording and personal alarm. Total estimated project cost is and estimated $132 million and the Security Electronics systems costs is estimated $8.2M. This project was completed in March 2011.
New 720 bed jail, system upgrade of original 256 bed jail, and courts addition. $132M Construction Cost
Central Control with two positions
Created New Central Control and back up of Central Control
BIM utilized to verify camera coverage during design.
Factory Demonstration
The scope of work for this project included a 960 bed high security United States Penitentiary and a 128 bed Federal Prison Camp. Buford Goff & Associates, Inc.’s responsibilities included design and construction administration services for the security electronics, communications, and fire alarm systems. Included within the design responsibilities were fire alarm, perimeter security, closed circuit television, telephone, door control and monitoring, paging, intercom, inmate duress alarms, Sentry LAN, Commissary LAN, Security Control LAN, control panels, consoles, and fiber optic cable distribution systems. These systems are integrated into a functional security management and control system. Estimated construction cost $176,000,000. This project was completed in June 2013.
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