North Slave Correctional
Facilities
Located in Yellowknife
Located in Yellowknife
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| Adult
Facility, aerial view, June 2003 |
Completed
Young Offenders Facility. June 2003 |
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| Client: | Department of Justice |
| Consultant Contractor: | Ferguson Simek Clark, Yellowknife |
| Contractor Manager: | PCL Constructors Northern Inc., Yellowknife |
| PWS Project Engineer: | Shouhda K Shouhda, P. Eng. |
| Construction Cost | $44.1 million |
| Construction Start: | 28 May 2001 |
| Scheduled Occupancy: | Young Offenders Facility - opened 21 Feb 2003 |
| Adult Correctional Centre - spring 2004 |
| The North Slave Correctional Facility will house adult and young offenders in separate buildings connected to a shared services building by enclosed hallways. |
| In addition to the usual correctional facilities, the buildings have been designed to support rehabilitation and traditional healing programs. An Aboriginal Advisors Committee was established to provide input into the design. |
| Phase 1 includes site preparation, servicing and construction of the young offenders facility and the shared services building. Design and construction have been fast-tracked so that the young offenders unit can open in the summer of 2002. Construction of the adult facility will proceed as Phase 2 with completion scheduled for 2003. |
| The buildings are constructed of cast-in-place concrete, structural steel, masonry, steel studs and gypsum board. Local labour and sub-contractors are being used extensively for the project. As a result of the requirement to fast track the project, a construction management approach has been taken. |