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Cabarrus County Jail Facilities Study EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Converting Bed Requirements to Square Footage A number of factors will impact the size of the facility that is ultimately built. These include construction costs, infrastructure requirements and phasing options to be considered, among others. These details are typically refined during the Facility Programming phase of development, prior to design. For purposes of this Study, North Carolina Jail Standards (10 NCAC 3J),the consultant's own database as well as several national building publications providing information regarding local detention facilities was reviewed to determine pre-program, per bed square footages. These amounts varied and depended largely on the overall size of the facility. Economies of scale were also recognized as the larger the number of beds, the lower the space ratio (sf/bed). Subsequently the per bed requirements identified in the table below are in gross square feet (gsf) and represent the overall facility requirements; i.e., not only inmate housing, but also, kitchen, medical, laundry, administration, public visiting areas, etc. No. Beds OSFIBed 200 or less 375-400 gsf/bed 200-300 beds 350-375 gsf/bed 300-400 beds 325-350 gsf/bed > 400 beds 300-325 gsf/bed Therefore, at an anticipated requirement of 364 beds, the Jail's size would be between 364 x 325 or 118,300gsf, and 364 x 350 or 127,400 gsf. Sheriff's Administration & Operations Space T o determine the current and future facility space requirements necessary to accommodate the Sheriff's administration and law enforcement operations requirements various forms of information was gathered and analyzed. County population growth and corresponding manpower increases in the coming years of course were contributing factors. Also, however, was information obtained during the operations analysis phase of the study; Part 2 of the Jail Facilities Study document). This information, in addition to information obtained from meetings and the direct questioning of numerous staffofthe Sheriff's office regarding functional issues and operational requirements, permitted the calculation of total square foot requirements for the functions addressed. Summarized, these included: Preliminary Space Program Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office Public Lobby, Administration, Records 4,725 Civil Process, Patrol, Detectives 6,360 Crime Scene, Evidence 3,780 Training 3,240 Programs & Support 2,700 Communications 1,890 Total gsf 22,695 Concept Development Options Three (3) Options are described. Following the brief narrative description of each, graphic illustrations are provided to further define each concept. Arriving at these options took several months of development and discussion between the County's Project Management Team and the consultant. At one time as many as eight sites, each with various option alternatives, were "on the table". As a result, the options that followed are those preferred by the County's Project Management Team. FreemanWhlte, Inc. .,.~-~Z./L May 2002