When security is a top priority, TLC designs systems that deliver. Our extensive experience in criminal justice building design includes federal, state and county courthouses, prisons and jails.

Our engineering professionals respond creatively to the varying programmatic and budget needs of the criminal justice agencies we serve. Focusing on each project’s unique security, voice/data and audio/visual requirements, TLC delivers flexible and cost-effective designs to meet the challenges posed by aggressive design/build schedules. And our attention to sustainability ensures your building systems are designed to meet LEED specifications.

Our criminal justice building designs include strategic security features that protect the interior and exterior of the facility including: separate secure vehicle entrances, parking areas, building entrances and exits, and discreet circulation corridors to provide physical barriers while integrated digital technology systems provide electronic security.  

MEP features include:

• Flexibility to accommodate future expansion.


• Energy-efficient, variable-air-volume air handling systems to maintain air quality and comfort in the different spaces.


• A zoned HVAC system with separate air handling units for each courtroom and related support spaces.

Communications, Technology and Security features include:

• Adequate emergency power.


• Integrated voice-data systems to provide seamless communication among various judicial agencies or courthouse divisions.


• Audio/video enhancements for presentation and recording.


• High-speed fiber optic and Category 6A technology to support  state-of-the-art computers, security monitors, electronic evidence display systems, video teleconferencing, records imaging and wireless and portable equipment.


• Visitor/staff screening at public entrances including X-ray and metal detector systems for weapons/explosives/narcotics trace detectors.


• Biometric and smart card technology to control entry and record attendance.


• 24-hour video surveillance and closed-circuit color TV monitoring of interior and exterior locations.


• Automated gates and traffic barriers that control vehicle entry and turnstiles at pedestrian entrances.


• Perimeter intrusion detection systems including fence and ground sensors, motion detectors and a security wall.


• CPTED security standards


• Code blue stations in parking areas to provide assistance to callers in distress.


• Ergonomically designed control centers for optimum operation.

Contact TLC today to request a project proposal or to schedule an appointment at an office near you.