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With large-scale construction projects near the Pitkin County Courthouse slated for 2015, the current windows on the venerable building have to be replaced due to noise issues that could disrupt court proceedings.

Jodi Smith, county facilities project manager, went before Pitkin County commissioners on Tuesday morning looking for support in a request for $150,000 in supplemental funding toward window replacement for sound-proofing purposes. That number is on top of $150,000 already budgeted for 2015 for the same project.

Smith said that an estimate of the total cost of the project from consultants was in the $400,000s, but she added that the bidding process hasnt started yet.

Over the past decade, the noise in the courthouse has been a problem, Smith said. The technology has changed a lot over the years and we now record everything.

She said that ambient sound has become a major distraction during court cases.

Lawnmowers, leaf blowers, the sirens from police vehicles, all disturb the courts, Smith said. Theres a lot of background noise in the courts, and because of the construction thats happening at the library that is scheduled to start in February or March, that triggered us to really look at what we need to do with the courthouse windows.

She said that all 152 windows in the building need to be replaced, but that the 2014 supplemental request is focused on the first 60 nearest the library construction and that the work has to be completed by Feb. 1. The first $150,000 would cover permits, design work and this first phase of window replacement.

Were projecting that it could be over $300,000 for the 2014-2015 projects, she said. [Thats for] the backside and the east and west side. It doesnt include the front. If we have enough money well do the front, if not, well leave it as is.

Smith added that a consultant also suggested putting some sort of covering over the new windows, to further mitigate the sound of jackhammers and other construction.

She said that planned work on the Galena Plaza including a nearby sewer line replacement will also cause noise issues in 2015, and that the construction projects can be shut down if they are interfering with court cases.

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McKinney, Texas (PRWEB) October 30, 2014

When it comes to something as important as law enforcement, the North Little Rock Veterans Affairs Office knew they were going to need a very dependable, veteran-owned company to provide their department with a new facility. Recently, the Arkansas VA Office awarded ICON Construction, a general contractor specializing in the design and build of modular, permanent modular and modular re-locatable buildings, the prestigious build of their new Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC) and Academy Administration Facility.

The forces current outdated building offers obnoxiously low ceiling heights, claustrophobically cramped quarters and impossibly narrow common spaces that are keeping officers from successfully performing their job duties. All of these issues will be a thing of the past once the new state-of-the-art building is in place. In fact, the new facility will be equipped with the latest in finger print reading secure doors, energy efficient LED lighting systems, level 4 tape, texture, and print finish interior walls, hi-end vinyl plank wood flooring, and 60 tons air conditioning to supply the entire building.

Construction of the permanent, two-story modular facility is set to begin at the end of February. The resulting 15,000 square foot space will be the only training facility for the VA Police force throughout the country.

Technical Supervisor, Jamie Womble said, Its a really exciting design-build project. In it, were striving for a functional design which aesthetically complements the surrounding buildings. The new building will be 100% compatible with the sites historical surroundings, complete with state-of-the-art security intrusion systems. We look forward to a successful completion and are so honored to have been awarded such a prestigious project with our nations VA.

After careful review of some major obstacles presented by the sites historical base, the VA quickly realized a modular facility was the best way to easily pass the tight streets and large trees without disturbing the locations carefully preserved history. In addition to these, the topography is such that the building will sit at the high point of the site location, requiring ICON to adapt the new LETC with retaining walls and relocated exiting utilities.

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CHESTERTOWN Washington College submitted a final site plan for its new academic building at 215 Washington Ave. to the Chestertown Planning Commission on Oct. 15.

The building is to be constructed on the site of the former Chestertown High School, built in 1915, which also served as Chestertown Elementary School from the late 1950s to 1973, when it became the board of education office building. Washington College acquired the property in 2012, for $850,000 plus $1 million in scholarships for county students.

The new building is to occupy the part of the property facing Washington Avenue. The back portion, formerly the playing field for the schools, is zoned R-2 residential. The college has announced it plans to use that portion of the property for geothermal heating and cooling wells. No construction is planned on that part of the site, which neighbors have said they want to keep open as a community park.

Construction is to take place in two phases. The first phase, scheduled to begin next year, will be a 14,400 square foot rectangular building on the southwest portion of the property, replacing the existing parking lot. The building will house the anthropology department, with faculty offices, a large classroom, a conference room and laboratories for anthropology and environmental studies.

Reid Raudenbush, the colleges head of physical plant, said the goal is to open the building for classes for the fall semester of 2016. We are interviewing for a construction manager right now, he said in an email, Thursday, Oct. 16. Construction drawings should be completed by mid-November, and, assuming all permits are in order, work is expected to start April-ish, Raudenbush said. That would include demolition of the old school building.

The new building, which will combine brick and synthetic wood siding, will be roughly the same height as the one it replaces. The first phase will be oriented with its long side on an east-west axis, with the end facing Washington Avenue finished in brick. The roof will be synthetic slate.

The 18,600-square-foot second phase will match the first phase of the building in materials and design. According to the materials submitted to the planning commission, the college is seeking to achieve LEED Gold certification for the buildings energy usage and environmental impact.

When the entire project is completed, it will be a U-shaped structure with the open end facing Washington Avenue. A knee-high brick wall is planned for the front of the property, along the sidewalk.

The plan also includes plantings of trees, shrubs and grasses, many of them on a lawn between the building and Washington Avenue and in the space between the wings. Trees will also screen the building from the adjacent residential properties. About half the plant varieties to be installed are native species, such as red maple, scarlet oak, American holly and sweetgum.

The parking will be toward the northwest corner of the building site. For the first phase, the lot will accommodate nine cars. The second phase will add another 10 spaces, according to the colleges submission to the planning commission. The lot will be for faculty and staff only. Students will be encouraged to walk to the building from the main campus, said town Zoning Administrator Kees de Mooy.

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It may not be so apparent for those people waiting in what are sometimes hourlong lines at the Billings landfill, but the number of monthly visits has gone down fromits summer peak.

In June, a month after a hailstorm damaged thousands of Billings roofs, about 19,000 vehicles visited the landfill, said Vern Heisler, Billings deputy public works director many laden with storm-damaged roofing material.

By September, 16,700 vehicles ranging from pickups to large commercial rigs, many of them still loaded with has-been roofs had tipped the scales at the landfill, at 5240 Jellison Road. To date this month, 14,000 vehicles had dropped off their loads at the landfill, including at whats known as the Class 4 section, which is reserved for construction waste.

I am not there hourly, but I think those lines are a lot shorter than they were a month ago, said Vester Wilson, the citys solid-waste superintendent.

Much of the traffic, the two officials said, is still related to so many residents receiving new roofs in the aftermath of the May 18 hailstorm. In the weeks after the storm, the citys Building Division was issuing about 100 permits every day for roof replacement.

Whenever a permit is issued, that comes off the roof and into the landfill, Heisler said.

The Building Divisions permit coordinator, Mary Krenzler, said Tuesday that the number is now down to 30-50 permits issued each day. She cited falling temperatures and fewer hours of daylight as possible contributing factors for the reduction in permits.

Truck drivers carrying roofing materials head straight to the landfills Class 4 section, which is on the far west portion of the landfill. To reduce wait times, a second scale was installed last year at the lower end of the landfill, and that has pulled up to 200 trucks daily from the line of other landfill customers.

Still, to get into the landfill, one must first wait in line.

What that means, Heisler said, is that whether the person in front of you has a bag of trash or a roof, weve got to wait our turn.

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