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 made final Construction Document submittals (CDs) for four of five buildings: the Outside Administration, Warehouse, Vehicle Maintenance, and the Support and Visitation. The interim General Housing CD submittal was provided in early December 2009 with final CDs anticipated on January 20, 2010. Overall design is about 98% complete.
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 nearly 99% complete. Electrical/mechanical rough-in, interior metal studs, 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 concrete decks poured on the second and mezzanine floors. The Outside Administration roof is nearly complete and exterior insulated panels are 50% complete; electrical/mechanical rough-in and interior metal stud framing continues. The Warehouse structural steel is erected, perimeter steel studs are complete and air barrier installed. The Vehicle Maintenance building structural steel is erected. The medium voltage transformers were delivered and set on concrete bases. Site lighting is operational on the south end of the site. Overall construction is about 26% complete. Visit the weekly construction photos and updates.
Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) on the Goose Creek Correctional Center.No CAC meeting was scheduled during the month of December. The January 6, 2010 meeting was cancelled.
Infrastructure.Delivery and installation of MEA’s permanent electrical transformer is anticipated in January 2010. Negotiations continue on the Water/Wastewater Facility project. It is anticipated that a contract will be in place by March 2010.
