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Friday, November 18, 2005

Ind. Courts - Vigo County courthouse restoration bids higher than expected

"Courthouse restoration bids higher than expected: Historic finish work may have to be re-bid, construction official says." That is the report from the Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Some quotes:

Bids on historic finishes, opened Wednesday as part of an $8.5 million restoration project of the interior of the Vigo County Courthouse, were higher than engineering estimates and may have to be re-bid, a construction manager said.

The work includes adding new marble, painting and stencil work. That work had been estimated to cost between $2 million and $2.5 million, said John Hanley, operations manager for Construction Technology Associates, a Terre Haute company serving as the county's construction manager on the project.

"We obviously put together a scope of work that would be as grandiose as we could possibly do it. This may be something we will have to look at for budget reasons and maybe not go to the extreme we were intending to," Hanley said.

[More] The Richmond Palladium-Item has a report on the Union County Courthouse, headlined "Courthouse in repair, county seeks extra space: Panel hopes several offices remain separate from renovated building." A quote:

LIBERTY, Ind. -- The Union County Commissioners were expected today to ask the county council if the county can continue to rent office space after the courthouse renovation is completed. After reviewing plans Wednesday, the commissioners said courthouse space would work best if the health, area plan, emergency management and 911 offices didn't return to the building. * * *

Plans began to change after commissioners saw how much space the elevator shaft and lobby took from three offices. Architect Dann Keiser had planned for the elevator to open into the hallway, but county building inspector Jack Bailey said construction codes required a fire-safe lobby for the elevator, since the building won't have a sprinkler system.

See also the 10/17/05 ILB report.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 18, 2005 07:31 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts