Züblin and BAM Deutschland consortium deliver the new JVA Willich I

• Client ‘Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW’ awarded the contract, with a value in the low three-digit-millions € range
• The new detention center for male prisoners replaces the existing buildings that are more than 100 years old
• Construction will be carried out in two phases and will be completed in approximately five years

Historical architecture interpreted in a modern way

Among other things, with covered saddle roofs, clinker facades and panoptics in the cell tracts, the new building is architecturally based on the style of the early 20th century. On the prison grounds, the Willich I JVA complements the adjoining Willich II JVA, which was newly built in 2009 for female prisoners, and the newly built common gate building. The protective wall around the two prisons has also already been renewed.

Prison operation continues without security restrictions

The necessary division of the construction project into two parts and the associated complexity is due to the fact that the continued operation of the prison must be guaranteed without security restrictions. For this purpose, a number of structural interim solutions are to be implemented. In the first construction phase, the joint venture JVA Willich I will build the new prison house 1 on the former site of the JVA Willich II (women's prison) by mid-2023. At the same time, the multi-purpose building, the workshop building and parts of the outdoor facilities of the parking lot will be built. After the Willich I prison has moved to the newly built prison house 1 and the old building has been torn down, the new prison house 2 will be built on this part of the site in the second construction phase beginning 2024. Simultaneously, BAM and ZÜBLIN will build the connecting corridors and sports fields and complete the multi-purpose building, the workshop building, the outdoor facilities and the parking lot.

Generous space for workshops and businesses

The future JVA Willich I will essentially consist of two four-storey prison buildings with a cross-shaped floor plan. A three-storey multi-purpose building will house the administration, the medical department as well as school, common and church rooms. The workshop building, which has also three floors, will in future accompany the in-house businesses (including a bakery, a carpentry and a print shop) and training organisations (for prospective bakers and building cleaners) as well as workshops, a sports area and business workrooms.

Stuttgart-based Ed. Züblin AG has about 15,000 employees and, with an annual output of more than € 4 billion, is one of Germany’s largest construction companies. Since it was founded in 1898, ZÜBLIN has been successfully realising challenging construction projects in Germany and abroad and today is STRABAG Group’s leading brand for building construction and civil engineering. The company’s range of services comprises all construction-related tasks – from civil engineering, bridge building and tunnelling to complex turnkey construction to construction logistics, structural timber engineering and public-private partnerships. ZÜBLIN attaches great importance to partnership-based cooperation, and our ZÜBLIN teamconcept has proved its value as a successful partnering model for more than 25 years. Current construction projects of the company, a subsidiary of globally operating STRABAG SE, include EDGE East Side Berlin, the Rinsdorf and Rälsbach viaducts on the A45 motorway, and the Boyneburg Tunnel on the A44 motorway. More information is available at www.zueblin.de

BAM Deutschland AG has been part of Dutch Royal BAM Group since 2007. Together with our subsidiaries BAM Immobilien-Dienstleistungen, BAM Sports and BAM Swiss, we are active on the German and Swiss markets and are among the leading companies in German turnkey construction. In cooperation with our sister companies, we as BAM Deutschland AG are also involved in international projects. The headquarters of BAM Deutschland AG is in Stuttgart. We have a total of six other offices located in Germany and Switzerland. Around 900 employees deliver a wide variety of projects in partnership with the customer and are constantly working on innovative and efficient solutions for the construction industry. Our competencies include planning, building and operating large turnkey projects such as clinics, stadiums, hotels, prisons, shopping centers and administrative buildings. Further information at www.bam-deutschland.de/de.

Facts and figures

• STRABAG-Gesellschaft: Ed. Züblin AG, Direktionen Mitte u. NRW, Bereiche Sachsen u. Dortmund
• Order value: A low three-digit-millions € amount
• Arge: Ed. Züblin AG (50 %, com.) / BAM Deutschland AG (50 %, tech.)
• Order backlog: Q3/20
• Segment: North + West
• Construction time: 11/20–5/23 (1. BA); 1/24–9/25 (2. BA)
• Client: Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW, Niederlassung Münster

Contacts

• STRABAG SE: Diana Neumüller-Klein, Leiterin Konzernkommunikation & Investor Relations, diana.klein@strabag.com;
• Ed. Züblin AG: Birgit Kümmel, Konzernkommunikation, presse@zueblin.de
• BAM Deutschland AG: Marlen Mast, Unternehmenskommunikation, cc@de.bam.com