| Project Experience | General Building | ||||||||||
| Federal Detention Center |
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| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
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| PROJECT DESCRIPTION | ||||||||||
| Thirty-two feet below 7th Street in Center City, Philadelphia, A.P.
Construction, Inc. crews worked to install a 14 ½ foot "horse shoe"
tunnel. Work included the installation of a forced air system, the hand dug excavation
of soils and the installation of a galvanized rib-steel support system that
provided structural stability as the tunnel advanced. The tunnel wall and roof
section finishes included a waterproof bentonite mat placed between two
applications of pressured concrete and reinforced steel. The new pedestrian tunnel provided the Federal Bureau of Prisons a needed passage way that allows the secure transport of prisoners from the Federal Detention Center to the Byrne Courthouse. |
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| FACTS | ||||||||||
| Client Federal Bureau of Prisons Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Architect Ang Associates, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
