Mechanical Systems for Psychiatric Prison

East Mississippi Correctional Facility is a 230,000 square-foot psychiatric prison.

Facility Details

• Four housing pods
• One support building
• One maintenance building

Systems Installed

• HVAC
• Plumbing
• Utility work
• Piping for the 500,000-gallon water tank
• 14 roof-top units, ranging from five to 30 tons each, on the support building’s
  exterior, running duct up along exterior walls and through the attic
• Sixteen 20-ton split HVAC systems were installed in the housing pods

Architectural design of Wackenhut’s 1,000-bed prison called for exterior walls to be constructed of tilt-up panels. A challenge for Ivey was to maintain plumbing rough-in beneath slab until all exterior walls were formed, poured and tilted on the actual building slab. Ivey pre-fabricated 128 plumbing risers on site.

Awards

Honorable Mention – Mississippi ABC