DSC crews recently started on a remodel and addition for the Floyd County Law Enforcement Center & Courthouse in Charles City, IA. In October 2013, the Iowa Jail Inspector reported the Floyd County Jail no longer met the needs of the staff, public, or inmates.
The project includes a new 40,000 SF 32-bed jail, a communications dispatch center which will be connected to the existing courthouse through an atrium, and new secure elevators to take inmates to the 3rd and 4th floor courtrooms. There will be an Emergency Operations Center that can also be used as a training or meeting room. Improvements are also planned for the existing 40,000 SF courthouse built in 1941, including a replacement of windows to the original look of the courthouse, a new heating/cooling system, and a reconfiguration of space needs for certain offices. Every office in the courthouse is affected with the project for window replacement, fire suppression system, and duct work for cooling.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the $13.5 million project took place on November 13 next to the County Courthouse. DSC was awarded the “General Trades Package.”