The Goose Creek Correctional Center is a new, $240 million, 1,536 bed medium-security correctional center for long-term male felony offenders. The new facility will be constructed on a 330-acre tract located at the intersection of Point MacKenzie Road and Alsop Road, approximately nine miles from Port MacKenzie. The project is a joint effort between the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the State of Alaska Department of Corrections.
This is one of the largest vertical construction projects that's ever taken place in Alaska. It's like building an entire university campus at once.
~ Purchasing Officer Russ Krafft
Goose Creek Correctional Center will include 430,000 SF of buildings on a 135-acre cleared compound. The compound will have five separate buildings; the two largest buildings will be general housing units and a program supports building. Neeser Construction, Inc. was selected as the Design-Build team, and the project is currently in the Design Development process.
Project Update:
Design Progress. Neeser Construction, Inc. (NCI) has completed the final Construction Documents (CDs) for all five buildings: Outside Administration, Warehouse, Vehicle Maintenance, Support/Visitation and General Housing.
Construction Progress. The buildings are being constructed in the following sequence: Support/Visitation, Outside Administration, Warehouse, Vehicle Maintenance and General Housing. Support/Visitation is enclosed and the roof is 99% complete. Electrical/mechanical rough-in, interior metal studs, insulation, gypsum board, painting, and block work are in progress, working from north to south. The structural shell for the Outside Administration building is complete with the roof and exterior insulated panels nearly complete. Electrical/mechanical rough-in and interior metal stud framing continues. The Warehouse structural steel is erected, perimeter steel studs are complete, roofing is nearly complete, and air barrier is installed. Interior metal stud walls are complete and electrical/mechanical rough-in has started. The Vehicle Maintenance building structural steel is erected and the contractor is installing steel studs around the building perimeter. The daily average crew count was 175. Visit the weekly construction photos and updates.
Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) on the Goose Creek Correctional Center.A Citizens Advisory Committee meeting was held on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Project updates were provided.
Infrastructure. MEA’s permanent electrical transformer is being installed. Negotiations continue on the Water/Wastewater Facility project. It is anticipated that a contract will be in place by March 2010.
