Correctional Facilities

Correctional Facilities PDF

RAN has extensive experience in correctional facilities. For example, in New York State, RAN has completed projects for 93% of the currently open correctional facilities, 100% of maximum-security prisons, and 96% of medium security prisons. The scopes of these projects include code consulting, variance application, master planning, and designing fire protection systems.

Correctional facilities have unique needs and requirements that need to be met to ensure the safety of everyone inside the facilities. RAN is well versed in these requirements and has performed code consulting and designing fire protection systems that are specific to correctional facilities. RAN has designed fire protection systems with techniques that keep inmates safe and secure.

Project Highlight

Elmira Correctional

Elmira, NY

Elmira Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison holding approximately 1,800 inmates. RAN Fire Protection Engineering replaced Elmira’s existing standpipe system with a new Class III standpipe system in 11 of the facility’s buildings. A standpipe supply loop was installed, which supplied water from a new centrally located electric fire pump. A variance was obtained to incorporate the unique features of this historic construction and to meet code requirements. RAN was brought on at 65% completion of the project and there were no delays due to fire protection engineering.

Size: 11 Buildings | Construction Cost: $3.5 Million

More Correctional Facility Projects

Groveland Correctional
Attica Correctional
Woodbourne Correctional
Brookwood Secure Center
Ogdensburg Correctional
Allen Residential

Groveland Correctional

Sonyea, NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering provided plumbing design services for 3 buildings at the Groveland Correctional Facility. RAN oversaw designing the removal and replacement of the hot and cold-water piping from the mechanical rooms to the bathrooms. A phasing plan was developed for the facility to remain functional while construction was in progress.

Size: 20,000 SF | Construction Cost: $1,057,000

Attica Correctional

Attica, NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering was hired to upgrade the fire suppression system within the kitchen of Building 15 at Attica Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison. As the project was already 65% complete upon RAN’s involvement, their team efficiently developed the design for a new fire suppression and sprinkler system. A key consideration for this project was the need to keep the prison kitchen fully operational throughout construction, which required RAN to develop a detailed phasing plan. Despite the project’s late start, RAN’s expertise ensured that their work on the caused no delays, successfully enhancing the facility’s fire safety measures.

Size: 5,000 SF | Construction Cost: $350,000

Woodbourne Correctional

Woodbourne, NY

RAN was retained to design a new bathroom building next to the facility’s ball field. The new building provided adequate facilities for the population of inmates in the facility. RAN provided plumbing engineering services to this facility.

Size: 10,000 sqft | Construction Cost: $400,000

Brookwood Secure Center

Lansing, NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering evaluated the existing fire alarm systems serving Brookwood Secure Center, a secure detention facility for youth under the age of 16. The objective of the project was to replace and consolidate three separate legacy fire alarm systems, originally installed between 1970 and 1990, into a single integrated notification system.

RAN designed new fire alarm systems serving four buildings and developed a networked configuration that combined all systems into a unified fire alarm and notification platform. Due to the secure nature of the facility, manual fire alarm boxes were strategically located within staff offices in the residential wings to prevent false alarms or misuse while maintaining effective life safety notification for occupants and staff.

Size: 42,000 SF | Construction Cost: $284,000

Ogdensburg Correctional

Ogdensburg, NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering served as the project engineer for renovations to the bathrooms within the Flower Building at Ogdensburg Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison with an approximate capacity of 542 inmates. The building was originally constructed following World War II.
RAN designed the removal and replacement of wall showers and thermostatic mixing valves, along with new low-voltage shower controls connected to the Correctional Officers’ desk for operational control. Floor drains in the shower and toilet areas were replaced to meet current Department of Health requirements, and institutional sprinklers in the shower rooms were upgraded. A phased construction approach was developed to allow the work to proceed within the fully occupied facility.

Size: 10,000 SF | Construction Cost: $400,000

Allen Residential

South Kortright, NY

RAN Fire Protection Engineering designed a replacement fire detection and alarm system for the Allen Residential Center, a mixed-custody facility housing up to 60 inmates. The project replaced the existing system with new fully addressable, network-capable fire alarm control units installed in each building.
The design included installation of a master fire alarm control panel to monitor systems at both the Allen Residential Center and the Youth Leadership Academy. The project also incorporated a campus-wide signal conduit system and fiber optic network connecting the eight-building facility to provide centralized monitoring and improved system reliability.

Size: 8 Buildings | Construction Cost: $239,000

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