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Federal Bureau of Prisons

Yazoo Maximum Security Prison

ICT was commissioned for a design-build of Yazoo Maximum Security Prison.  We provided mechanical and plumbing design for 675,000 SF maximum security prison including 21 new buildings. Camp Housing (CH), Camp Core (CC) and Camp Multi-use (CM) Buildings are provided with dedicated geothermal HVAC systems.  The geothermal loop for each of these buildings consists of HDPE piping underground and a central valve box.

Combined facilities complex (228,000 SF)

  • Maintenance shop
  • Food service
  • Personal services
  • Vocational training area
  • Education
  • Inside administration offices
  • Health services
  • Recreation services
  • 15,000 SF laundry
  • Two-story special housing complex

Sustainability:

  • LEED Gold
  • Waste Reduction – More than 91% of the construction waste, including scrap wood, concrete, cardboard, plastic, etc., totaling more than 15 million pounds of construction waste, was diverted from landfills into recycling programs.
  • Regional Materials – More than 31% of building materials were extracted or harvested and manufactured with 500 miles of the project site, reducing transportation costs and improving regional economic conditions.
  • Water Reduction – The prison’s low-flow and low gallon-per-flush fixtures, as well as its laundry water recycling system, is estimated to save more than 58% of water usage of a conventionally designed facility.
  • Energy Reduction – The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) requires that all federal buildings be designed to beat energy codes by more than 30%; USP Yazoo beats the code by 32%, resulting in annual estimated utility cost savings of $250,000.
  • Camp Housing (CH), Camp Core (CC) and Camp Multi-use (CM) Buildings are provided with dedicated geothermal HVAC systems.  The CH building utilizes 56 vertical bores and the CC Building includes 112 vertical bores. These bore fields are commonly referred to as the geothermal heat exchanger. Each bore is 300 feet deep, and the 25-foot bore spacing optimizes the life of the system by allowing more earth heat sink capacity between vertical bores. The bore field system is design to be a reverse return system which maximizes the ability to balance the water flow and optimize system efficiency. The geothermal loop for each of these buildings consists of HDPE piping underground and a central valve box. Two loop pumps for each building allow for operational redundancy.

Project Highlights:

  • Utility plant (13,000 SF)
  • Outside administration building (27,000 SF)
  • Three four-story general housing units (126,000 SF each)

Size

675,000 SF

Owner

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Client

GRW, Inc.

Awards

Completion

Category

Correctional