« Ind. Law - Still more on: Committee endorses bill to protect e-mail addresses | Main | Ind. Court - Lobbyist linked to Abramoff quits Indianapolis firm »
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Ind. Courts - LaPorte County Courthouse to undergo renovation
The Michigan City News-Dispatch reports, in a story by Kristin Miller:
LaPORTE - At a brief meeting of the LaPorte County Commissioners on Friday afternoon, Ziolkowski Construction of South Bend was chosen to renovate the courthouse.After an appropriation by the LaPorte County Council, the $2,906,057 project is scheduled to begin within the next 30 to 60 days. It's expected to take 13 months to complete, Commission President Marlow Harmon said. * * *
The price is about $1 million lower than the bid from Larson-Danielson Construction, LaPorte, the next lowest bidder.
“We're quite satisfied with them,” Harmon said of the contractor chosen for the project. He said Ziolkowski has its own brick masonry specialists and as a result, “they were able to cut their costs tremendously. “We felt by far that this was the best company to go with,” he said.
In October, architect Tim Wall of Herceg and Associates said thin pieces on the face of the exterior stone of the courthouse will be chipped off, cleaned and repaired. At ground level, especially on the north side of the courthouse, years of winter salt use on the sidewalk is evident on the stone facade.
Stones that are too deteriorated to repair will be replaced with original sandstone. Wall said the county has a supply of stone from an outbuilding that was torn down several years ago to make room for the U.S. 35 overpass. Some 100 pieces of sandstone of various sizes, shapes and quality were taken to a Highway Department garage for storage.
Along with exterior repairs, windows will be replaced and an interior skylight will be restored. In addition, the slate roof needs a touch-up, Wall said, and the bell tower will be reroofed.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 22, 2006 12:17 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts