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case study// An aerial shot shows just how mammoth the largest non-Department of Transportation design-build project in Washington state is. reinventing partnering at coyote ridge hoW WaShInGton StatE’S DEpartMEnt of corrEctIonS MaDE partnErInG WorK on a LarGE DESIGn-BUILD prISon conStrUctIon proJEct By Jerry Winkler, aIa, ncarB coMpLeted IN 32 months, the $190 million Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, Wash., spans 564,000 square feet and houses 2,048 new beds. It is the largest non-Department of Transportation design-build project the state has ever carried out. Those figures are more impressive given that it is also one of the most complex correctional facilities in the state, if not the country. Desig ned for med iu m- a nd m i n i mu msecurity inmates, Coyote Ridge contains four medium-security housing pods and four hybrid medium-security housing pods. The mediumsecurity units feature the typical design with precast concrete walls and cells, plumbing and an automated electronic locking system. The hybrid units have concrete exterior walls with sheetrock interior walls and so-called dry rooms. Inmates carry keys to their own rooms and are free to move about within the confines of their units. At the outset, this huge, complicated, costly and fast-tracked project looked like it might be trouble. But it wasn’t. “As I tell people, this was probably the most successful and enjoyable project I’ve ever been part of,” says Scott R. Frakes, who was the Coyote Ridge superintendent at the time. 22 spring//2012 the quarterly publication of the design-build institute of america photo courtesy of Integrus architecture

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