NYA provided the structural engineering for the five-story Governor Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach. It houses 31 courtrooms, as well as court administration offices, Los Angeles County lease space and retail leasable space. The building includes below-grade secure inmate transfer facilities, detention facilities, and separate secure parking areas for judges. A five-level great room atrium serves as the single entry point for the public and provides access to a secured central courtyard.

This was the first Public Private Partnership in California, and the first social infrastructure project in the United States procured under the principles of Performance-Based Infrastructure (PBI) contracting. The construction team will continue to be involved with the project making sure the building operates well and is well maintained for the next 35 years.

The project also exhibits a series of architecturally and structurally intensive features, including suspended interior pedestrian bridges, extended cantilever roof features and tension cable glass curtain walls.

The project aims to deliver a secure, modern, LEED Silver certified court facility that complies with AOC’s enhanced seismic performance criteria, including the requirements of the California Trial Court Facilities Standards and AOC’s project-specific Performance Standards.

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