Building prison on wetlands site offer challenge for Connecticut.
Corrections Today › Vol. 56 Nbr. 2, April 1994
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Architecture, Construction & Design
The state of Connecticut decided to construct a new 500-bed correctional facility in Suffield, CT, in 1990. However, the facility's designers faced several technical problems primarily because the site intended for the structure was situated on wetlands. A discussion of some of the environmental problems faced by the designers as well as their solutions is presented. A description of the correctional facility is also presented.See the full content of this document
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Building prison on wetlands site offer challenge for Connecticut.
Prisons are often built in out-of-the-way locations, leading to a variety of problems with the site, including even the condition of the ground itself This is the story of how the state of Connecticut and its design team worked together to overcome a problem that ...
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