California City Correctional Center Modifications
For the California City Correctional Center, Lydig led a multidisciplinary team to develop, design, and renovate an existing facility, enabling its successful lease to a public entity.
This design‑build retrofit and expansion modernized a 490,000 SF active corrections facility through major security upgrades, medical and program expansion, and 125,000 SF of new construction. Improvements included new guard towers, replacement of security electronics, an electrified perimeter fence, expanded medical and programming spaces, and new administrative, warehouse, firing range, minimum-security housing, visitation, maintenance, and visitor facilities. As Design Builder, Lydig managed a multi-firm design team, evaluated existing facilities, applied standardized correctional modules, and performed real-time budget and cost-recovery analysis while coordinating multiple concurrent projects on the same campus. Highly phased planning and execution allowed renovations to proceed within an occupied facility and supported an accelerated delivery effort that met critical lease and operational milestones without disrupting day‑to‑day operations.
