DOYLESTOWN The Bucks County commissioners approved a
contract Wednesday worth nearly $700,000 for a Virginia firm to continue
planning the fate of some county-owned buildings that will be affected by the
opening of the $86 million justice center.
Several administrative offices and courtrooms currently
housed in different buildings along Court Street - including Family Court,
across from the main courthouse - will move into the justice center, which is
scheduled to open this year.
Dewberry Architects Inc. of Fairfax, Va., which had
previously been hired to design initial plans for those areas to be vacated,
was given the contract Wednesday to continue finalizing how those spaces will
be used when the move is complete, Commissioner Rob Loughery said at a public
meeting.
The eight-story justice center is the most expensive public
undertaking in county history. Change orders on the project have added between
1 percent and 2 percent to the original cost, according to county spokesman
Chris Edwards. - Chris Palmer
Source: Philly.com
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