Dallas, Texas
CORRECTIONAL
“Dallas County is delighted to have McCarthy on board for this project. It’s a large project that needs to be completed on time, and McCarthy is off to a great start.”
—Dan Savage, assistant administrator for operations, Dallas County
McCarthy recently broke ground on the new $61.7 million Dallas County Detention Center South Tower, a 335,000-square-foot expansion of the Lew Sterrett complex replacing two older facilities.
The project’s key challenges relate to underground construction. A 4-level, concrete frame structure with brick exterior and masonry interior walls, the tower will be located adjacent to the Trinity River basin and above a decades-old landfill, requiring drilling 285 cased piers ranging from 100 to 160 feet in depth. In addition, McCarthy will construct complex underground tunnels to facilitate transport of prisoners from the sally port, or receiving area, to the secure facility via elevators. Finally, an underground elevator and single-level parking garage will provide additional parking for law enforcement vehicles. The project is scheduled to complete in fall 2008. Architect: HKS Inc., Dallas.
