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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Federal courthouse construction starting this summer" in Terre Haute
Howard Greninger of the Terre Haute Tribune-Star reports today:
Construction is expected to start in July or August on the new federal courthouse at 921 Ohio St., said David Wilkinson, spokesman for U.S. General Services Administration.Federal offices are scheduled to occupy the new, single-story, 14,000-square-foot building in the summer of 2009, Wilkinson said.
The building site is a 1.9-acre vacant lot east of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church. The lot formerly housed Bunch Nurseries. * * *
The building, which will face Ohio Street, will house the U.S. Southern District Court and bankruptcy court and clerk offices for both courts, as well as offices for U.S. Probation, U.S. Marshal’s Service and U.S. Attorney.
“A big difference is the fact this building will comply with and provide new security standards for federal court operations,” Wilkinson said. “Since Oklahoma City, one of the things that have been emphasized in new courthouse construction, even leased, is a separate circulation system for the public, judges and defendants in criminal cases that they don’t travel the same hallways or elevators. That is an additional expense that courthouses 50 years ago didn’t have to worry about.”
Indiana State University is slated to take over the existing federal building at Seventh and Cherry streets for the university’s College of Business. That building was deemed unsuitable by the federal government after September 2001, when new security guidelines and setback requirements were enacted.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 3, 2008 08:52 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts