J. P. Cullen & Sons provided masonry services for the expansion and renovation at the Racine County Law Enforcement Center. Overcrowding and the need for improved jail safety and security were major factors for Racine County to expand and renovate the Law Enforcement Center.

The $18.9 million project consists of a new three-story, 75,000-square-foot addition to the existing facility located on a tight urban site in downtown Racine. The addition includes inmate intake space, a garage sally port, and new Huber inmate housing units. The project also consists of 20,000-square-feet of renovations converting the outdated booking, holding, and Huber space into a medical, administration, and laundry space.

Cullen’s portion of the project was to install 16,000 units of block backup, 58,000 units of 8” block partitions, and 17,000-square-feet of utility brick on the surface of building. Additional work includes installing 20,000 units of Interior block partitions in the renovation of existing building.

The project’s challenge was to enclosing the building while working through the winter of 2006/2007 and installing masonry partitions to the exact security requirements per the specification while the building was in operation.