DiGesare Mechanical has completed several correctional facilities in various locations. Close coordination with public authorities and construction managers has been paramount to meeting critical deadlines. Installation of specialty fixtures and unique material handling demands are customary for these projects.

These self-contained institutions often include a broad range of support facilities such as kitchens, laundry, control stations, administrative and living quarters.

Ulster Correctional Facility

HVAC – Site Work – Structural Steel
DMI Contract- 10.4 million

DiGesare Mechanical was awarded this HVAC contract by the New York State Office of General Services.  This project consisted of extensive site work including over 3,000 linear feet of underground pre-insulated piping from the main heating plant, through a tunnel under a creek and finally into an energy conversion building.  The site work continued throughout the facility installing concrete stanchions that would be the foundation of a massive structural steel system which supported over 8,000 linear feet of 8″ welded heating lines.  Those heating lines entered 20 individual mechanical rooms throughout the site where domestic water heat exchangers and heating water heat exchangers were installed, converting the facility to a much more energy efficient system.

Coxsackie Correctional Facility

Plumbing & Fire Protection 
DMI Contract – 1.7 Million

DMI was one of four prime contractors on this 25 million dollar maximum correctional facility where a 175,000 sf medical building was constructed to house and treat HIV inmates. DMI’s scope of work for this project included the plumbing work associated with the installation of a working hospital complete with miles of medical gases, sprinkler system, domestic water distribution, sanitary drains, storm water removal system and natural gas piping.

Due to the fast track nature of the project, CPM scheduling was required. As a result of the CPM scheduling and maximum cooperation and coordination between all primes, the architect / engineer and the State of New York, DMI was a awarded a six figure bonus for completing this project 55 days ahead of schedule.

Albany County Correctional

Plumbing & Fire Protection 
DMI Contract Amount - 1.7 Million

This complex is a functional jail and remained fully functional throughout construction. The inmates were relocated on a tier-by-tier basis in a tightly coordinated phasing plan. Temporary stairways were constructed to facilitate the phasing and accommodate the moving of inmates between tiers during construction.

DMI worked closely with the Owner’s security personnel to ensure worker safety, and to monitor material and tool inventories. DMI’s scope of work for this three-story facility included plumbing and fire protection work required to renovate and construct 306 new cells.