Above ground progress seen at courthouse project in Halifax – YourGV.com

More than simply a big dig, notable progress is being made on the Halifax County Courthouse renovationproject, with structural steel in place and work beginning on the roof of the 1834 courthouse at the center of the project.

County Building Official Otis Vaughan continues to provide monthly updates to supervisors on progress at the site.

A 30-day look ahead has progress being made on plumbing and HVAC at the project, including overhead HVAC rough-in at the second floor and overhead plumbing rough-in at the second and third floors, overhead electrical rough-in at the first floor, all at the new building, according to Blair Construction.

Steel installation at the 1834 foyer will start, with steel erection at the connector already in progress.

Formwork at the second floor connector floor and steel installation at the 1834 foyer will start in the next 30 days, and foundation waterproofing and foundation drain work and backfill will continue in the next 30 days.

In the next month, masonry will continue at the sally port, and the new building and masonry will restart at the detention elevator shaft.

Installation of the new 1834 metal roofing, gutters and downspouts will continue, and formwork for the new concrete walls at the south attorneys offices will start and be completed.

A look back at the last 30 days of construction revealed steel decking at level two and level three is complete, and steel erection at the connector is progressing.

Waterproofing at selected areas of the foundation began, and installation of foundation drainage pipe and backfill at selected areas of the foundation is progressing.

Portico concrete walls have been poured, and stripping the portico concrete wall formwork has been completed. Steel inspection of the second and third floors has been completed as well as prep of the second floor slab on deck.

The Halifax County Courthouse was designed and built in 1838-1839 by Dabney Cosby.

It is a two-story, T-shaped brick building in the Federal style. The front facade features a two-story, tetrastyle portico in the Greek Ionic order.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

A concrete truck waits to deposit its load of concrete at the rear of the Halifax County Courthouse construction project recently.

A front-end loader unloads a pallet of cinderblocks on the second floor of the Halifax County Courthouse construction project.

Concrete flooring and foundation work continue at the site of the Halifax County Courthouse renovation and construction project.

Concrete flooring has been poured and the outline of the building is taking shape at the Halifax County Courthouse renovation project.

The front of the historic Halifax County Courthouse shows progress being made recently as work continues on renovation and construction.

Construction workers labor on the second floor of the addition to the Halifax County Courthouse building this week.

A front-end loader unloads a pallet of cinderblocks on the second floor of the Halifax County Courthouse construction project.

A welder works on structural steel at the site of the courthouse renovation and construction project recently.