Work on the Starke County Courthouse elevator project is set to start in February.
Gibson-Lewis, LLC officials will set up equipment and materials beginning Feb. 22 with demolition of the current elevator slated to begin that day. That process is expected to take three weeks. The schedule predicts elevator upgrades to begin March 15 and continue through April 25. The state will inspect the structure following the completion of the installation with the substantial completion date of April 26.
Any construction items that may remain will take a few days to finish. The final completion date is anticipated to be May 1.
The Starke County Commissioners initially had trouble finding bids for the project. In August, the lowest bid was submitted by Gibson-Lewis at $288,500. The county was awarded grant funds through K-IRPC for this project.
