Durango
Juvenile Detention Facility
for Maricopa County of Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
The
total project consisted of eight buildings: four for security housing,
one for food preparation and storage, one excercise and recreation
centre, one four storey administration building joined with a four
storey building that has twelve seperate courtrooms. The connection
between the two buildings is a two storey entrance lobby.
Products provided include security glazing and over 18,000 square
feet of custom painted curtain wall and skylights, glazed with high
performance, insulated glazing units.
A mockup was constructed for testing by an independant curtain
wall testing firm.
Testing included pre-load, air infiltration, static and dynamic
water infiltration, positive and negative structural, vertical floor
displacement and lateral seismic. The mockup passed all tests with
flying colors and installation commenced.
The project was completed on schedule with zero deficiencies.
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