State Correctional Institute at Somerset

Project Details

ROLE
Design-Build Contractor

CONTRACT AMOUNT
$103 Million

OWNER
Somerset County General Authority

LOCATION
Somerset, PA

ARCHITECT
L.D. Astorino & Associates

SIZE
550,000 Square Feet

COMPLETION
1993

Project Description

The 13-building complex includes precast modular prison cells consisting of six 128-cell medium security housing units, a 96-cell maximum security housing unit, a 48-cell minimum security housing unit and a pre-release center. Two single-story pre-engineered support buildings are 500 feet long and contain health services, gymnasium, vocational training, maintenance shop, warehousing and industries. The 60-acre site is completely enclosed with a double, 14-foot-high perimeter fence. The site required approximately 900,000 cubic yards of material to be excavated.