Producers of precast can manufacture modular units consisting of a floor, a front wall, reversing walls and, if needed, two sidewalls SteelCell. Precast producers are in a position to finish modules and equip them on site. This allows for a rapid erection of these modules.

These units were used for years as prison cells, and are now expanding their uses to include classrooms in schools, rooms at hotels and motels, and any other application where the need for small repetitive rooms on a fast schedule is needed.

These modules can be used to build prisons or jails. Single or multi-level buildings up to 12 storeys high can be constructed.

Modules may be monolithic or cast with multiple cells. They can have up to four in one unit. It is common to have an inmate-only cell with a horizontal “chase”, which separates the inmates from mechanical, electrical and plumbing facilities (MEP).

This formwork is usually made from steel, with mechanisms of adjustment that allow the “stripping” of the module.

The interior of exposed walls is typically painted with epoxy, and modules are outfitted in as much as possible from the MEP facilities at the production plant. The installation is finished on site. Exterior walls may be constructed with sandwich wall panels or insulation.

Steel Cell for Steel Detention Cells

Steel Cell of North America, Inc., is credited with revolutionizing the steel cell and detention center construction industry in less than 10 years. Steel Cell is a Georgia-based company that designs and fabricates prefabricated modular prison cells with durable, corrosion-resistant steel. Steel Cell is known for its lightweight products that are easy to ship. The units can also be customized to suit the local security codes as well as the requirements of the facility.

Steel Cell is the only team that guarantees complete customer satisfaction, in addition to cost-effective, efficient construction.

Steel Cell, though, has moved on from manufacturing only cells. It recognized that the process of modularization could be applied to all the components in a detention centre. Steel Cell’s cells can be ordered in either a rear or a front mechanical chase, with an option for an integrated shower stall.

Steel cell also supplies and manufactures a product designed for medical isolation, as well as a modular communal shower. Steel cell has designed and manufactured a detention unit for medical isolate and a modular shared shower.