The replacement of the Starke County Courthouse elevator will begin on Friday morning.
Commissioner Kathy Norem says crews will move equipment at 5 a.m. CT on Friday which include scaffold building and material mobilization. She said the demolition is expected to begin on Monday.
(022119 norem…13 sec) “That will be quite noisy they tell me,” mentioned Norem. “They tell me it will take approximately a week or two. The biggest problem is they have to take the top off the elevator that is concrete and it will be quite noisy.”
Elevator upgrades are expected to begin March 15 and last until April 25 with the final completion day of May 1.
Norem noted that the project must be complete by May 1 to satisfy the terms of the K-IRPC grant the county received in the amount of $500,000.
The elevator project will impact upcoming trials in March and April in Starke Circuit Court as well as early voting for the May Primary Municipal Election. Decisions concerning those changes will be delivered in the near future.
Gibson-Lewis, LLC will be doing the construction work on the Starke County Courthouse elevator which will bring it up to ADA and safety standards.
