Maricopa County Court Tower, PHOENIX, AZ

VALUE DELIVERED

The 16-story tower will allow for a more integrated and efficient criminal courts system, with courtrooms and jail cells housed in the same building. The tower spans 695,000 s.f., and will house 32 courtrooms with only 22 being built immediately.

CLIENT OBJECTIVES

To build a modern courthouse with technologies designed to improve efficiency and meet rapidly increasing backlog and growing needs of the justice system.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

UMEC provided complete HVAC/Mechanical System, Plumbing System, and Fire Life Safety Systems, including design-assist, installation, start-up, and commissioning.

SOLUTIONS

UMEC provided state of the art BIM build capabilities to deliver the best mechanical systems at the most effective cost, on time, and under budget.

BACKGROUND

Maricopa County is the fourth largest county in the nation. There are currently 52 criminal courtrooms. The new court tower will provide an additional 22 courtrooms with space on other floors to add an additional 10 courtrooms.

OPERATING COMPANY:
University Mechanical &
Engineering Contractors, Inc.

CLIENT:
Maricopa County

GENERAL CONTRACTOR:
Gilbane Building
Company/Ryan
Companies in Association

ARCHITECT:
Gould Evans Associates, LLC

MECHANICAL ENGINEER:
Syska & Hennessy

SCHEDULE:
26 months

		Traditional Delivery (Design/Bid/) Build
		New Construction
		Retrofit/Rehabilitation
		Electrical Construction
		Mechanical Construction
		Consulting Services