Commercial Construction & Renovation

JAN-FEB 2014

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105 January : February 2014 — CommerCial ConstruCtion & renovation low, and taxpayers happy. After all, the heat never turns off here. Even 70 degrees is balmy in July, which leaves the building calling for heat overnight. In addition to the space heating needs, signifcant amounts of domestic hot water still are required. The prison isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so the ROI for quality products has time to mature. The hydronically heated ventilation system utilizes Haakon ERVs (energy recovery ventilator), to assure stray BTUs aren't wastefully dumped into the frigid air outside. One ERV is used on each of the fve housing groups within the general housing facility. HRV units for the laundry and kitchen are located in the central plant. By default, the prison uses low-fow water fxtures. "Penal fx- tures are always low-fow, and include security devices so that they don't continue to run if tampered with," Erickson says. The walls of the general housing and visitation buildings aren't exactly the simple surfaces they appear to be. For reasons of security and energy effciency, the cast-in-place walls include a thick layer of insulation and heavy steel grid. The grid is welded together at 6-inch centers and is integrated into all the walls, foors and ceilings. By design, any opening in a wall over 8-inches in dimension is barred off with super-hardened steel. How hard? Enough to require the use of 12,000 hacksaw blades to make it through just one bar. All other buildings on the prison campus are steel-framed with well-insulated steel panel construction. Cooling rarely is needed at the prison, and only in certain areas. Split-system direct expansion units handle computer and server rooms and other electrical spaces that require cooling. A central chiller plant is used to cool the adjacent areas in the Support and Visitation building that houses vocational education, the dining room and medical areas. The State of Alaska took a no-nonsense approach to building the new prison. The engineering upgrade insisted upon by Coffman Engineers, and the quality of workmanship on the part of Superior Plumbing and Heating met the challenge to produce a rock solid system. With the regular maintenance that the system is sure to receive, both the prison and its mechanical equipment will remain in service for many years to come. FC Lead Pipeftter Dale Corbin reviews blueprints for supply and return piping in the main mechanical room of the Goose Creek Correctional Facility. " This is one of the largest vertical construction projects that's ever taken place in Alaska. It was like building an entire university campus all at once." – Russ Krafft, Purchasing Offcer, Mat-Su Borough CCR-JanFeb.14_XX-CVR4.indd 105 2/7/14 1:57 PM

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