Detention Equipment Contractor and Supplier
Comprehensive Detention Center Solutions
From Consulting and Design,
to Construction, and Maintenance,
and Warranty Work.
Streamline Your Detention Equipment Project with Our Expertise and Experience
Choose the Right Products
Whether it is a county detention center, courthouse, police station, or correctional facility, every project has unique requirements—choosing the right products is crucial to success.
Our wide range of products ensures you get the right products for your project’s needs.
Avoid Design and Spec Challenges
Obstructions, spec misses, and design conflicts can cause delays and cost overruns during construction.
We keep your project on schedule and on budget by providing detailed feedback in the design phase to address potential conflicts.
Ensure Safety through Maintenance
Detention facilities’ infrastructure goes through intense everyday wear and tear, affecting the resilience of gates, locks, doors, and more.
We prioritize the long-term security of facilities by offering necessary upkeep and maintenance services post-warranty.
Consulting and Design
Design Excellence and Cost Optimization for Your Project’s Success
Proper design concepts, product selection and scheduling are essential for achieving savings and success throughout the life cycle of any facility. We provide comprehensive consulting and design services to assist architects, owners, and contractors.
Our expertise helps you achieve the following outcomes:
Cost-effective Bids: We analyze project requirements to develop bids that optimize cost while maintaining quality.
Minimization of Unnecessary Questions: We ensure bid documents are clear, minimizing delays and misunderstandings.
Reduction of Change Orders: Our proactive approach identifies design conflicts early, reducing costly change orders.
Time and Cost Savings: We offer ongoing support during construction, addressing challenges and saving time and costs.
Additionally, we facilitate communication between contractors and architects by supplying budget numbers. This helps architects make informed decisions about scaling back or enhancing the design based on project costs.
Detention Equipment Contractor (DEC)
Secure Facilities with Precision and Professionalism
Providing detention equipment contracting services for correctional facilities, government buildings, detention centers, and other high-security environments.
Prequalified Detention Equipment Contractor (DEC)
Non-prequalified contractors are required to provide specific information to the Architect within a defined timeframe, ensuring their eligibility to bid.
Pre-qualification streamlines the bidding process.
Cleaning and Maintenance
We finish your project with effective cleaning and maintenance protocols, including:
Cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting all components when necessary.
Testing and adjusting electrically operating or sensing items before final electrical connections.
Testing electrically controlled doors using control consoles to ensure normal operating procedures.
Certified Distributor & Installer
We furnish and install in compliance with approved designs, manufacturer's instructions, and recommendations.
Manufacturers we represent
Maintenance Services and Warranty Work
Ensuring Long-lasting Safety and Functionality
Educate the in-house maintenance team to troubleshoot issues and make appropriate fixes.
Contracted preventive maintenance work to detect and notify facilities of problems, maintain locking systems, and perform repairs.
We offer maintenance service contracts post-warranty geared towards the necessary maintenance requirements for your facility.
Builders Hardware, Commercial Doors, and Detention Supplies
We provide and install a diverse range of detention equipment, catering to municipal, county, state, and federal correctional facilities. We are very experienced in builders hardware, hollow metal & wood doors for all non security openings.
Our products meet industry standards and threat levels for projects requiring bullet resistant, attack resistant, and blast resistant glazing.
Products
Custom Security & Standard Hollow Metal Doors and Frames that resist bullets, blasts, and forced entry
Security Wall Panels
Modular Steel Cells
Security Ceilings
Security & Builders Hardware
Security Glass
Security grab bars, mattresses, toilet accessories, etc.
Security bunks, tables, desks, stools with innovative features such as tamper and contraband resistant, bleach cleanable, rounded edges, and anti-ligature
Woven Wire Mesh
Padded Cells
Gates
100+ Years of Cumulative Experience at Your Service
Fully prepared for prequalification, our team has cumulative experience of over 100 years in the industry. Our record includes more than 90 detention center contracting projects spanning a range of contract amounts, from $4,000 to $12,000,000.
We’ve completed over 300 contract projects for numerous clients, earning a reputation for thorough pre-planning, quality installation execution, and solid maintenance and warranty support throughout the duration of every project.
Recent Work
Charleston County Juvenile Detention Center
North Charleston, SC
Metro Regional Youth Detention Center
Atlanta, GA
Howard R Young Correctional Institute Upgrade
Wilmington, DE
Hamblen County Justice Center
Morristown, TN
Moore County Courthouse
Carthage, NC
Our Experts
Our dedicated team comprises key industry professionals who bring years of experience to every project.
Michael R. Harris
52 years of experience.
Architectural Hardware Consultant (AHC) and Certified Door Consultant (CDC) since 1983.
Received the Distinguished Architectural Hardware Consultant (DAHC) designation in 2016 from the Door & Hardware Institute.
Scott Sullens
Field Superintendent
36 years of experience in project management and installation.
Southern/Folger Certified Field Superintendent Training.
Celebrating 30 Years of Creating Projects Just Like What You’ve Envisioned
Streamline Your Project with our Expertise and Experience
Contact us today to start your detention contracting project.