b'78 79ELGIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE TORONTO SOUTH DETENTION CENTREOfficially named the Elgin County Courthouse upon its com- The Toronto South Detention Centre is an 846,000 SF LEED pletion in February 2014, the new refurbished courthousecertified facility for Ontarios Ministry of Community Safety and in St. Thomas consolidates services of the two existing St.Correctional Services.This project includes three seven-sto-Thomas courthouses, the Superior Court of Justice and therey detention towers, an administrative building, support Ontario Court of Justice.buildings and an Intermittent Centre. We were challenged with a large complex project with a tight The two existing heritage facilities, the Elgin County Court- time frame for design and construction.Our solution to meet house and the Land Registry Office, are featured prominentlythese demands was a precast concrete framed detention in the new consolidated redevelopment. Initially constructedbuilding utilizing precast cells, columns, beams and floors. The in 1852, the Elgin County Courthouse was a three-storey,precast cells act as an integral part of the building structure. domed Palladian style building constructed of stone andThis precast solution allowed for the off-site fabrication of yellow brick. It was gutted by fire in 1898 and was rebuilt andcomponents and a significantly compressed construction expanded to include flanking wings, entrance porches and aschedule.copper roofed dome. The Land Registry Office was originally built in 1874 and has had two subsequent additions. Client: DBFM for the Province of Ontario Client: DBFM for the Province of OntarioLocation: St. Thomas, Ontario Location: Toronto, OntarioSTEPHENSON ENGINEERINGP3/DBFM 05.4'