Wise County Courthouse

Thompson & Litton was selected by the Wise County Board of Supervisors to provide comprehensive Architectural and Engineering services for exterior restoration and repairs to the Wise County Courthouse, located in downtown Wise, Virginia. The Courthouse, originally constructed in 1896, is recognized as a historic landmark and is on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.

Project Highlights:

Services consisted of preliminary assessments to address the physical needs of the structure including structural integrity, along with functionality concerns such as energy opportunities and making the front lawns accessible to the public.
Other design services addressed cosmetic issues with the overall structure’s exterior aesthetic.

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Client:
Wise County Board of Supervisors

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$1.2 Million

Completion Date:
2009

Southwest Virginia Regional Jail System

Southwest Virginia Regional Jail System – Expansion & Renovation

The Southwest Regional Jail Authority (SWVRJA) project consisted of a multi-jurisdictional regional jail system that was comprised of three (3) interdependent remote surveillance (indirect supervision) regional jail facilities located on three (3) separate sites throughout the service area. These sites are located in Abingdon, Duffield and Haysi, Virginia.Thompson & Litton (T&L) provided Architecture and Engineering planning, design and construction administration services for the SWVRJA.

Project Highlights:

A prototypical design concept was developed for each of the three (3) regional jails to promote overall operational efficiency. Designs are similar but not the same;
Each prototypical design was “site adapted” to the available site. Each sites is unique, with specific individual challenges that required attention;
Each Regional Jail Facility was initially built with expansion capability (infrastructure) to accommodate a 50% increase in bed capacity through the addition of future housing units which has been accomplished;
Both the original project and the expansion and renovation project were delivered using Constructon Management at Risk
50% of the eligible total construction costs for the original and expansion/renovation projects were funded by the Commonwealth of Virginia; and
Following completion of the original project, Tazewell County joined the SWVRJA.

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Client:
Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$33 Million

Completion Date:
2014

Project Area:
92,005 SF Expansion
17,408 SF Renovation

Patrick County Regional Jail

The previous Patrick County Jail was constructed in the early 1900’s and was located within portions of the second, third and fourth floors of the existing Patrick County Courthouse Building. The jail facility, while serving the County for a century, was undersized, could not be expanded, and did not comply with modern correctional standards and building codes.Thompson & Litton (T&L) was part of a design and construction team, which was led by English Construction Company, to plan, design and construct a new modern jail and sheriff’s office for Patrick County. T&L provided architectural and engineering service to English Construction, who held the Design Build contract with Patrick County.

Project Highlights:

A Community Based Corrections Plan and Planning Study were prepared to provide inmate projections, jail design concepts, site work requirements, operational techniques, total cost estimates, operational cost estimates, and an implementation schedule. These planning documents positioned the County to receive a 25% reimbursement of the approved total eligible project costs from the Commonwealth of Virginia;
English Construction Company, in association with T&L, submitted an unsolicited PPEA proposal to provide design-build services for a new jail and Sheriff’s Office to be built on Commerce Street near the Town of Stuart;
T&L and selected design consultants, provided the design architectural and engineering documents for a single story, pre-engineered metal building system with steel support frame, metal skin, and roof with self-supporting modular steel cells. The heating and cooling system packaged air handling units are driven by electric cooling and propane-fired heating.
Housing for inmates at the new facility consists of a general population of 60 beds with indirect supervision and provisions for double bunking up to 120 beds;
Support spaces include full service kitchen and laundry facilities for a 120 bed rating, inmate intake and booking, holding facilities, jail administration, master control, visitation, medical and other support spaces.
A new Sheriff’s Office was also included within the new facility and potential for future expansions when needed.

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Client:
Patrick County

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$9.9 Million

Completion Date:
2011

Project Area:
26,645 sf (Jail Facility)
Sheriff’s Office: 8000 sf
22,546 sf (Future Expansion Space)

New River Valley Regional Jail Expansion

The New River Valley Regional Jail Authority (Authority) provides regioinal jail services to the counties of Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski, and Wythe Counties, as well as the City of Radford, Virginia. In response to significant increase with the inmate population, the New River Valley Regional Jail Authority partnered with Thompson & Litton (T&L), in association with Carter Goble Lee, to assist the Authority in developing an expansion and renovation approach to the original regional jail facility. T&L and Carter Goble Lee developed the required Community Based Corrections Plan and Planning Study, both of which were approved by the Virginia Department of Corrections.

Architectural and Engineering design plans were developed by T&L.

Project included 488 new general population beds to compliment the original capacity of 371, selected renovations to the kitchen, visitation area, intake, and master control within the existing jail; and additional site work (parking, access, graded pad).

Construction undertaken by the use of the Construction Manager at Risk method of project delivery under the Public-Private Education and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (PPEA); and the Authority selected Balfour Beatty-English as Construction Management at Risk’ firm. Following buyout of the project, sufficient funds remained to fund a new administrative wing and 50% of a new solar thermal energy system (remaining 50% was funded by a DMME Grant)

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Client:
New River Valley Regional Jail Authority

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$55.2 Million

Completion Date:
March 2010

Project Area:
148,053 sf (New)
12,351 sf (Renovation)

Montgomery County Courthouse and Parking Structure

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors engaged T&L to provide Architectural and Engineering services on the new Montogmery County Courthouse in downtown Christiansburg, Virginia.

The project included a four-story, nine courtroom facility, enhanced security measures, Audio/Visual, and sustainable design features integrated throughout this state-of-the art facility, two-level parking structure, a green roof garden terrace, and a connecting tunnel with jail addition provides secure transfer of inmates from the jail into specific courtroom holding areas.

Courthouse design required close coordination with all Courthouse users, the State Supreme Court services, the Sheriffís Department, and Montgomery County and Town of Christiansburg officials.

T&L provided regular public presentations illustrating the design development and compliance with zoning requirements on a sensitive, urban site located in the historic district of downtown Christiansburg.

This project was under budget $4,083,007.

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Client:
Montgomery County Virginia

Service Type:
Architecture

Project Value:
$26.15 Million

Completion Date:
2012

Project Area:
105,139 sf