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.