Kitchen Expansion at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution
Owner: Delaware Department of Correction
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Description: the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution is one of three, Level 5 Correctional facilities within the State of Delaware. It houses over 1800 inmates and provides over 1,380,000 meals each year to the inmate population. The former kitchen had deteriorated due to heavy use, was inefficient in design and storage facilities were unable to support the ongoing food service program.
The team of Fayda Engineering & Energy Solutions and L.R. Kimball was selected as the Engineer of Record, RG Architects, LLC as the Managing Architect and McFarland, Kistler & Associates as Food Service Consultants.
This $15MM expansion would provide enhanced food service preparation, storage, delivery and cooking facilities to support the program.
Challenges faced, included construction of the new facility within the facility’s secure perimeter, maintaining ongoing food service operations during construction of the new facility along with the extension of existing building infrastructure to the new addition.
