RJA Services
Architecture
Concept Design
Facility Risk and Security Assessments
Feasibility Studies
Long-Term Facility Needs Assessments
Master Planning
Preliminary Total Project Cost Modeling
Programming of Space Requirements
RJA Strengths
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Project Expertise
Justice architecture experts since 1988, our sustainable and restorative solutions create community assets foster safe and productive staff workplaces for staff and provide secure and supportive facilities that reduce recidivism rates.
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Principle Involvement
Our partners are with you every step of the way, from pre-design through construction close out. Our smaller team size helps us quickly flex to shifting project needs and helps us build deep connections with the clients and communities we serve.
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Cost Control
RJA’s reputation is rooted in effective budgeting and reflected in the low cost variances. The typical change orders on an RJA project is 1% of total construction cost and well below the industry average.
Areas of Expertise
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Justice Planning
RJA supports a range of urban and rural community needs and budgets and has been the regional leader in justice architecture since 1988. Our forty years of experience ranges from a 32-bed local detention center in southern Colorado to the $378M Denver Justice Center with 1,500 pre-sentence beds.
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Humanistic Normative Design
RJA has been involved in numerous detention center projects that have included innovative methods to minimize the impact of arrestees on the detention center operations through post-arrest diversion, and to divert arrestees from the justice system entirely via pre-arrest diversion. RJA is committed to diversion programs to reduce jail populations, cut costs and increase efficiencies.
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Diversions and Alternatives to Incarceration
RJA has been involved in numerous detention center projects that have included innovative methods to minimize the impact of arrestees on the detention center operations through post-arrest diversion, and to divert arrestees from the justice system entirely via pre-arrest diversion. RJA is committed to diversion programs to reduce jail populations, cut costs and increase efficiencies.
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Sustainability
Many RJA projects utilize innovative approaches to sustainability. For example, our Cedaredge, Colorado project is certified as LEED Gold and uses a high concentrator photovoltaic/thermal (HCPVT) system to produce electricity as well as provide a heated fluid to a heat exchanger connected to the building’s mechanical system.