Public invited to Snohomish County courthouse replacement meeting
Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Snohomish County’s nine-story courthouse project is slated to break ground this summer. Members of the community interested in learning more about the project from the inside out are invited to attend a public presentation by lead architect Doug Kleppin of Heery International at 1:30 p.m. June 3 in the public hearing rooms of the Robert J. Drewel Building on county campus in downtown Everett.
The presentation, followed by a brief Q & A session, is scheduled to last approximately one hour.
With more than 25 years of experience working on public buildings – many of them courthouses – Kleppin has a unique perspective on design. His presentations give the audience a clearer picture of the building and its features, as well as how it will serve them for years to come. Heery International has designed more than 70 courthouses across the country.
The 253,000 square foot building – which will be built on Wall Street between Rockefeller and Oakes avenues – will offer the public faster and more convenient access to services through a customer service counter on the entry level of the building. The building also will house the Snohomish County Clerk’s Office, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Criminal Division, the Office of Public Defense, the Sheriff’s Office, Superior and District courts, and a law library. The courthouse is expected to be completed by October 2017. Once the new replacement courthouse is occupied, the existing courthouse will be demolished and a new public plaza will be created in its place.
About Heery International: Heery International is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, interior design, program management and design-build firm. They are actively engaged in more than $9 billion in design and construction projects across the United States. Heery is organized on a regional basis with twenty-five offices located throughout North America. Heery is ranked annually among the top professional services firms by industry publications such as Engineering-News Record, World Architecture and Building Design & Construction.
