Detention Facilities

Resolution Management Consultants has provided project management and claims analysis services for various detention facilities/jails.

Examples of our experience are presented below:

Assisted the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice in the determination of the validity of a default termination of the general contractor on a detention facility in New York.

Assisted a Department of Public Works and City legal counsel in evaluating the accuracy and reasonableness of a contractor’s time extension request on a county jail project for various claimed impacts, including security hardware issues.

Conducted a schedule delay analysis to determine if the Government was justified in withholding the retainage and assessing liquidated damages against the contractor for the construction of Military Disciplinary Barracks as a result of security system delays.

Provided pre-construction services for a new County Detention Facility, in the form of preparation of specific project paperwork procedures, developed a critical path method (CPM) scheduling specification and worked with the contractor in achieving a viable CPM baseline schedule and periodic update reviews; also provided on-site project management assistance through the life of the project.

Provided schedule and cost analysis services to a County legal staff in defense of a claim submitted by the general contractor on the new construction of a Criminal Justice Center that included courtroom facilities and a jail.

Assisted a state agency achieve a settlement with a major general contractor concerning an underground distribution system at a state prison whose purpose was to distribute high temperature hot water from a central plant to the various structures to be constructed. The dispute centered around the premature failures in both the supply and return pipelines of the system.

 

Below is a list of representative detention projects on which we have worked:

 

Brooklyn Men’s Interim Detention Center Brooklyn, NY
Camden County Correctional Facility Camden County, NJ
Criminal Justice Facilities Capital Improvement Austin, TX
Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Franklin County Jail Carnesville, GA
Graterford State Prison Collegeville, PA
Jefferson County Detention Facility Golden, CO
Lee County Correctional Institute Bishopville, SC
San Bruno County Jail San Bruno, CA
South Woods State Prison Bridgeton, NJ