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BURK-KLEINPETER,
INC. was retained by the Jefferson Parish
Council to provide preliminary and final design and
contract administration for an office building and
Juvenile Assessment Center. BKI helped the three
agencies that will occupy the center choose the best
site on the Rivarde campus for the new building. The
firm developed a project time schedule, a
construction budget, a floor plan for the building
with the best possible spatial relationships between
the eleven departments of the three agencies, and
all construction and contract documents.
The design of the Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC)
required in-depth meetings with the Juvenile
Division of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office to
incorporate the division’s special needs. Although
the Juvenile Justice Center is essentially an office
building, the Juvenile Division wanted the JAC to
look and feel like a jail to ensure that juvenile
offenders realized the seriousness of their
situations, to prevent escape, and to ensure the
safety of the staff and visitors.
The new building will be approximately 107,884
square foot total. The addition will add 33,232
square feet of administrative space and 3,200 square
feet for the Juvenile Assessment Center.
The estimated construction cost is approximately
$3.5 million.
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