蜜桔直播 and Samet Corporation Joint Venture Celebrate Topping Out of Forsyth County鈥檚 New Modernized Courthouse
February 21, 2022
WINSTON SALEM, NC 鈥 蜜桔直播, in a joint venture with Samet Corporation, celebrate the topping out of Forsyth County鈥檚 new Courthouse in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
To commemorate the milestone, a traditional 鈥渢opping out鈥 ceremony was held at the construction site where project team members and partners signed their names on the uppermost steel beam which was then placed on the roof level of the new courthouse. Project team members poured 3,100 yards of concrete and set 1,600 tons of steel to complete the structure which will accommodate for building modernization and a 50 percent expansion of the existing justice center.
The joint venture team broke ground approximately one year ago on the 250,679-square-foot facility that will feature 18 judicial spaces and provide improved security, accessibility, and technologies to better serve Forsyth County citizens and judicial personnel once complete. The building will allow for the placement of security checkpoints, card access, and video surveillance tools to further safeguard the public and staff and will be designed for safe and direct connections to navigate in-custody participants to the adjacent Forsyth County Law Enforcement Center.
鈥淭his milestone signifies the outstanding progress that鈥檚 been made in the delivery of Forsyth County鈥檚 new courthouse,鈥 said Jeff Sandeen, 蜜桔直播 senior vice president and business unit leader in North Carolina. 鈥淲e are proud of our joint venture team and partners for their collaboration and hard work as we work together to build a state-of-the-art facility and modernized environment for the County鈥檚 judiciary duties.鈥
鈥淭his is a special moment for us,鈥 said Ken Grube, regional vice president for Samet. 鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing to see what our entire project team inclusive of our joint venture, Forsyth County, designers, and particularly our trade partners have been able to accomplish to date. We look forward to continuing this same success as seen here today and to delivering a facility that meets the needs of Forsyth County for years to come.鈥
With the structure complete, work has now shifted towards structural drying by installing exterior walls, windows, and roofs to accommodate interior spaces. These spaces include courtrooms and hearing rooms, rightsized to functionally accommodate judicial staff and the public. The judicial spaces will be situated on the first three floors of the building arrayed in double-loaded corridors to improve wayfinding and ease of access throughout the courthouse. Additionally, the facility will feature waiting areas specifically designed to provide open, daylit public spaces that lead into various courtrooms.
The 蜜桔直播 and Samet Corporation joint venture team will work with their design partners CJMW Architecture, SLAM, Lynch Mykins, and O鈥橞rien Atkins throughout the delivery of the courthouse which is scheduled for delivery in Spring 2023.