Chapter 1 – General Administration

15040.9 Day Labor and Professional Services Branch

• The Day Labor and Professional Services Branch plans, organizes, and administers a statewide inmate work program that utilizes inmates, casual trade labor, and State staff in direct construction activities to complete major and minor capital outlay projects and significant repairs at all CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation institutions. In addition, it contains a professional architectural and engineering staff that provides a broad range of technical services for the Department and provides construction support for the direct construction and institution public works contract management activities.

• Material and Technical Services Section

  • The Material and Technical Services Section provides a broad range of administrative services in support of the project construction activities undertaken by the Inmate Day Labor (IDLIndustrial Disability Leave) program. These services include the development, ordering, and processing of material and equipment orders, the development and management of consultant, construction, and service agreements, and the coordination of personnel, equipment, and oversight of this programs budget.

• Inmate Day Labor

  • The IDLIndustrial Disability Leave Section administers the statewide inmate direct construction program that combines trade union craft persons and inmates under State supervision to complete public works projects at various facilities. The IDLIndustrial Disability Leave Program undertakes viable, labor-intensive construction projects that are funded through the capital outlay and special repair programs.

• Architecture and Engineering Section

  • The Architecture and Engineering Section provides a broad range of technical services to the branch and existing facilities statewide. This Section produces construction documents and provides technical construction support for the IDLIndustrial Disability Leave program and institutions to enable them to complete construction projects. In addition, this Section provides assistance to existing facilities on technical problems requiring architectural and engineering services; coordinates technical requirements developed by consultants and other State agencies for improvement projects on existing facilities; and provides input into long-range capital improvement planning.