Otay Mesa Detention Center
This design-build project included the new construction of a privately funded, 350,000 square-foot detention facility consisting of one-story and two-story structures. The center features 1,492 total beds, support services, perimeter fence, detection, roads and lighting, and staff and visitor parking. The structural roof system utilized long span structural steel frame with steel joists and metal roof deck, while the floor system is comprised of a structural steel frame with concrete on metal deck. The two story housing units are a combination of precast concrete modules and precast concrete walls. The overall building lateral system is intermediate precast concrete shear walls.