Can a prefabricated building be used for Tippecanoe Countys Juvenile Justice Center Project? Why or why not?
For this project, a prefabricated building is probably not possible. Usually, a prefab is intended as a temporary solution, yet somehow they are made to last long past there intended life cycle. Most of the building areas require specialized configurations that are not easily attained with prefab units. The one place that prefab might be considered is housing. That is sometimes used in jail construction (single or double sleeping rooms stacked in large clusters), but only when lots and lots of cell space is required. If you are only doing 28 to 36 beds on a single level, it is usually not worth the fabricator’s time, and it is not cost effective to gear up for the onsite construction for so few units.
