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Sugar Hill’s New City Hall Hearkens Back to Classic Style By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT

As construction crews continue work on a three-story, 300-sq.-ft., (250-sq m) turn-of-the-centurystyle city hall in Sugar Hill, Ga., community leaders envision a modern City Center with a traditional feel. Almost a decade in the planning, the three-quarter-mile stretch of Broad Street between Peachtree Industrial and Georgia Highway 20 will feature wide sidewalks, underground parking and globe street lamps — a sweet deal for a town that, according to legend, got its name after a wagon broke and spilled its load of sugar as it crossed an incline. “Our current City Hall was built in 1974, and we had to expand it seven years ago,” explained Sugar Hill City Manager Bob Hail. “It was a build we did to comply with ADA, and we needed additional employee working space. The city surveyed its citizens about eight years ago to determine what they expected the city to be and what services they would like expanded. They wanted a downtown where there would be small shops and easy walking access.” Located in northern Gwinnett County 35 mi. from Atlanta, Sugar Hill has a population of about 18,550. Chris Abbey, business development manager of general contractor Van Winkle Construction, pointed out, “Sugar Hill City Hall is designed to last 100 years or more. The City Council chose a design that would look timeless — a style that includes brick masonry, columns and a cupola with a clock. While looking like something built in the 1880s, it has to be a modern and functional building to house

city administration and operations, so it will have cutting edge technology and audio/visual elements.” Said Abbey, “The biggest challenge by far was the site. For decades, a manufacturing facility stood on the site and the operators had dumped manufacturing waste. During excavation we found enormous quantities of debris like glass, aluminum and shoe leather. The soil conditions were poor. In addition to digging down several feet and removing multiple truckloads of dirt and debris, we had to install Vibro-Piers in order to put the building foundation down.” Van Winkle Construction Superintendent Mickey Carver explained, “The trickiest thing

about this project is making sure the structural steel, which is on a grid system, the concrete, which is cast into multiple radii, and the cast stone, which contains several different compound radii, all fit together properly. We haven’t completed the cast stone yet, but I am pleased at how well it’s coming together. “The actual construction of City Hall is really not much different than most of the other projects we build. The key to success is actually less about the physical construction and more about meeting the changing needs of the client. This is nothing new to us at Van Winkle, due to the fact that we build a large number of church, private school and university projects. Most of

our projects contain high-end finishes, and our clients have very high expectations. We’re fortunate to have owners on this project that cared enough about their city hall to interview and select construction managers, instead of sacrificing quality for the artificial shortterm savings of bid day found in the hard bid market.” Carver said visitors will have a lot to take in upon entering the building, once completed. “As you walk through the main entrance, you’ll realize instantly that this isn’t just another city hall,” Carver elaborated. “The first thing you’ll notice is the monumental staircase that is sweeping along a radius from a central landing on top to either side of the main lobby

below. Centered in the room you will find a six-foot diameter cast bronze City Seal. Every detail is trimmed in wood. The Council Chamber has the same trim features, except more of them. The wooden panels on the walls are eight feet high in this room. This building has five different trim packages throughout. This work will take approximately ten weeks to complete.” Van Winkle’s crews are using lightweight cast stone on the project, which allowed them to eliminate the extra structure required to support cast stone or precast. The cupola, shipped in several pieces, is one of the most anticipated features of Sugar Hill City Hall. Once see CITY HALL page 6

“The actual construction of City Hall is really not much different than most of the other projects we build. The key to success is actually less about the physical construction and more about meeting the changing needs of the client.” Mickey Carver

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Westerly view of city hall, black water proofed apse on the right, parking lot is on the left.

Rear elevation of Sugar Hill’s city hall building.

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‘Downtown’ Area Planned in Area Around New Building CITY HALL from page 1

on-site, the skin of the cupola will be attached to the structure, one layer at a time. The entire bottom layer will be hoisted into place. Once it is mounted in place, the second layer will be flown into place. This method will continue until the cupola is complete. The entire process should take one week to complete. Already winning praise from Sugar Hill Mayor Gary Pirkle and council members, the new city hall is taking shape on schedule, despite one minor snag. “Weather was a factor early in the project,” Carver stated, “But we had good subcontractors, who weren’t looking for excuses not to work. Instead, we all worked together to keep the building on schedule during a period that included eighteen weather days from October 31st to January 7th. Currently, the last major item we have that is affected by weather is the masonry.” All major customer services will be housed in the new City Hall, including offices for the city manager, city clerk, finance, planning and development, community relations, building inspections, code enforcement, IT, customer service payments, a city owned and run post office, The Mayor and Council Executive area and the Council Chambers. Said Hail, “We have been planning to build a downtown that included a new City Hall for approximately five years. The City Hall and two-story parking deck will cost around $11 million, the storm water control amenity pond and amphitheater will be about $2.3 million and the new street caped roadway is about $3.5 million. This roadway has new underground utilities, regional detention storm water control, on-street parking, dual luminary street lights and wide sidewalks with pavers. We have been saving money for nine years and with the assistance of a countywide one-cent sales tax, our share of the tax will pay for more than half of the projects. “Each of the construction projects was engineered separately, but opportunity to build them came at the same time,” Hail continued. “We believe we hired one of the best engineers, Precision Planning

Inc., to design City Hall, one of the best “It has been our honor to have large building con- the opportunity to assist the City struction firms, and Van Winkle of Sugar Hill in creating a landCompany, who mark structure that will serve as teamed with Reeves Contracting to build an anchor for this City for many the City Hall and generations.” Lance Davis, AIA parking deck. Reeves Precision Planning Contracting is the central contractor for all earthwork for City Hall, the amenity pond and West Broad Street, to ensure proper infrastructure compatibility of all three projects.” Construction has not caused any Detail of the new structure’s ribbed roof. employee issues, as it’s separated from the current City construction. This portico is part of Hall by roughly 500 ft. The closure a three-story apse that houses restof West Broad Street was not due rooms for outside activities and the to City Hall building activity, but seating area for the Mayor and rather the actual construction of Council on the upper level. It will the roadway sub-base infrastruc- be built of a light colored stone that jumps out of the brick City Hall ture and streetscapes. Groundbreaking for Sugar Hill structure to give it a Monticello City Hall took place in December presence.” Sugar Hill Community 2011. The project has a 13-month timeline, and will be completed in Relations Director Don Kelemen December of this year. The future said the decision to go ahead with downtown area has been under construction was an easy one to make. construction since last summer. “We’ve outgrown our recently Said Hail, “Sugar Hill has always been a bedroom communi- expanded City Hall. Now is a great ty that provided quality of life time to build, because of the current atmosphere. We have expanded economy. Vendors have sharpened our park system from 35 acres to their pencils to give us the best posmore than 120 acres in the last 10 sible quotes on projects from the years, because that is what the citi- design to the smallest sub-contraczens wanted for their families. tor. Also, building materials are at Now we are building the founda- some of the lowest costs in years. “Our plan is that the new City tion from which a downtown can emerge. We have prepared for the Hall will become the anchor for a future when the economy recovers, ‘downtown’,” Kelemen explained, our family recreation system is in “The effort to build a downtown place now so that when new came about from surveys that stathomes are built, the amenities are ed our citizens wanted a sense of already there. We are building now place where they could come to to leverage the most out of the and shop, eat and visit. The City has down economy and maximize pro- purchased several plots adjoining duction for the dollar invested. One West Broad Street that our Development of the greatest successes about our Downtown three projects is that they will all be Authority [DDA] can market to paid for in cash. There is no debt potential developers. As I docuassociated with the construction of ment the construction from the groundbreaking to the first steel, to the three projects. “Walking through the Customer the current interior and exterior, I Service corridor leads to an open am pleased and excited to see the portico that overlooks an acre-and- building come together. Everyone a-half of lawn that adjoins the is excited for the move, and are amphitheater on amenity pond anticipating what their new home

Sheet rocking of the new city hall foyer stairway.

will look like, and how it will function.” Architect Lance Davis, AIA, project manager for Precision Planning, said that at the request of the mayor and council members, the new City Hall was methodically designed to appear as a traditional building with formal, classical proportions and detailing. “This goal affects such decisions as the footprint and massing of the building, placement and size of windows, color and type of materials, to name a few. This building incorporates timeless materials such as cast stone and brick, and features a cast stone foundation, cast stone quoins on the corners and a cast stone cornice with intricate classical detailing. “A prominent and unique feature in the design,” added Davis, “is the three-level apse on the north elevation. The apse includes a portico on the main level which provides space for outdoor seating and views to the public lawn and amphitheater. The upper level of the apse contains the Council Chambers raised dais.” Davis admitted that there were challenges with implementing present-day building codes and ADA requirements into a building with a turn-of-the-century appearance. “Through the use of creative design, extensive research and coordination and valuable input from the contractor and subcontractors, we feel we were able to seamlessly integrate current

requirements into this facility. Every detail was carefully coordinated, down to the color of the electrical and computer receptacles and their placement in the stained wood wall paneling. Through sensitivity in detail development and craftsmanship in the field, this project really showcases the importance of designer/builder teamwork.” As a lifelong resident of Sugar Hill, DDA Chairwoman Dawn Gober is amazed at the progress she’s witnessed so far. “With so much traffic now, it’s amazing to think how, as a little girl, I would walk up graveled Sycamore Road, cross Hwy 20 and go to Sugar Hill Drive Inn and get a milkshake for a nickel,” Gober marveled. “Everyone knew everybody. But times change, and how we’ve grown. I still live on Sycamore and look forward to being able to walk the sidewalk and get to our downtown.” Said Davis, “It has been our honor to have the opportunity to assist the City of Sugar Hill in creating a landmark structure that will serve as an anchor for this City for many generations. Our team is always gratified to know that we had a part in creating something monumental that will be on this earth for many years after we are gone.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG

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