Georgia #20,2012

By Cindy RileyCEG CORRESPONDENT

As construction crews continuework on a three-story, 300-sq.-ft.,(250-sq m) turn-of-the-century-style city hall in Sugar Hill, Ga.,community leaders envision amodern City Center with a tradi-tional feel. Almost a decade in theplanning, the three-quarter-milestretch of Broad Street betweenPeachtree Industrial and GeorgiaHighway 20 will feature wide side-walks, underground parking andglobe street lamps — a sweet dealfor a town that, according to leg-end, got its name after a wagonbroke and spilled its load of sugaras it crossed an incline. “Our current City Hall was built

in 1974, and we had to expand itseven years ago,” explained SugarHill City Manager Bob Hail. “Itwas a build we did to comply withADA, and we needed additionalemployee working space. The citysurveyed its citizens about eightyears ago to determine what theyexpected the city to be and whatservices they would like expanded.They wanted a downtown wherethere would be small shops andeasy walking access.”Located in northern Gwinnett

County 35 mi. from Atlanta, SugarHill has a population of about18,550. Chris Abbey, business develop-

ment manager of general contrac-tor Van Winkle Construction,pointed out, “Sugar Hill City Hallis designed to last 100 years ormore. The City Council chose adesign that would look timeless —a style that includes brick masonry,columns and a cupola with a clock.While looking like something builtin the 1880s, it has to be a modernand functional building to house

city administration and operations,so it will have cutting edge tech-nology and audio/visual ele-ments.”Said Abbey, “The biggest chal-

lenge by far was the site. Fordecades, a manufacturing facilitystood on the site and the operatorshad dumped manufacturing waste.During excavation we found enor-mous quantities of debris likeglass, aluminum and shoe leather.The soil conditions were poor. Inaddition to digging down severalfeet and removing multiple truck-loads of dirt and debris, we had toinstall Vibro-Piers in order to putthe building foundation down.” Van Winkle Construction

Superintendent Mickey Carverexplained, “The trickiest thing

about this project is making surethe structural steel, which is on agrid system, the concrete, which iscast into multiple radii, and the caststone, which contains several dif-ferent compound radii, all fittogether properly. We haven’tcompleted the cast stone yet, but Iam pleased at how well it’s comingtogether.“The actual construction of City

Hall is really not much differentthan most of the other projects webuild. The key to success is actual-ly less about the physical construc-tion and more about meeting thechanging needs of the client. Thisis nothing new to us at Van Winkle,due to the fact that we build a largenumber of church, private schooland university projects. Most of

our projects contain high-end fin-ishes, and our clients have veryhigh expectations. We’re fortunateto have owners on this project thatcared enough about their city hallto interview and select construc-tion managers, instead of sacrific-ing quality for the artificial short-term savings of bid day found inthe hard bid market.”Carver said visitors will have a

lot to take in upon entering thebuilding, once completed.“As you walk through the main

entrance, you’ll realize instantlythat this isn’t just another city hall,”Carver elaborated. “The first thingyou’ll notice is the monumentalstaircase that is sweeping along aradius from a central landing ontop to either side of the main lobby

below. Centered in the room youwill find a six-foot diameter castbronze City Seal. Every detail istrimmed in wood. The CouncilChamber has the same trim fea-tures, except more of them. Thewooden panels on the walls areeight feet high in this room. Thisbuilding has five different trimpackages throughout. This workwill take approximately ten weeksto complete.”Van Winkle’s crews are using

lightweight cast stone on the proj-ect, which allowed them to elimi-nate the extra structure required tosupport cast stone or precast. Thecupola, shipped in several pieces,is one of the most anticipated fea-tures of Sugar Hill City Hall. Once

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

“The actual construction of City Hall is really not muchdifferent than most of the other projects we build. Thekey to success is actually less about the physicalconstruction and more about meeting the changingneeds of the client.”

Mickey CarverVan Winkle Construction

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on-site, the skin of the cupola willbe attached to the structure, onelayer at a time. The entire bottomlayer will be hoisted into place.Once it is mounted in place, thesecond layer will be flown intoplace. This method will continueuntil the cupola is complete. Theentire process should take oneweek to complete.Already winning praise from

Sugar Hill Mayor Gary Pirkle andcouncil members, the new city hallis taking shape on schedule,despite one minor snag.“Weather was a factor early in

the project,” Carver stated, “Butwe had good subcontractors, whoweren’t looking for excuses not towork. Instead, we all workedtogether to keep the building onschedule during a period thatincluded eighteen weather daysfrom October 31st to January 7th.Currently, the last major item wehave that is affected by weather isthe masonry.”All major customer services will

be housed in the new City Hall,including offices for the city man-ager, city clerk, finance, planningand development, community rela-tions, building inspections, codeenforcement, IT, customer servicepayments, a city owned and runpost office, The Mayor andCouncil Executive area and theCouncil Chambers. Said Hail, “We have been plan-

ning to build a downtown thatincluded a new City Hall forapproximately five years. The CityHall and two-story parking deckwill cost around $11 million, thestorm water control amenity pondand amphitheater will be about$2.3 million and the new streetcaped roadway is about $3.5 mil-lion. This roadway has new under-ground utilities, regional detentionstorm water control, on-street park-ing, dual luminary street lights andwide sidewalks with pavers. Wehave been saving money for nineyears and with the assistance of acountywide one-cent sales tax, ourshare of the tax will pay for morethan half of the projects. “Each of the construction proj-

ects was engineered separately, butopportunity to build them came atthe same time,” Hail continued.“We believe we hired one of thebest engineers, Precision Planning

Inc., to design CityHall, one of the bestlarge building con-struction firms, andVan WinkleCompany, whoteamed with ReevesContracting to buildthe City Hall andparking deck. ReevesContracting is the cen-tral contractor for allearthwork for CityHall, the amenitypond and West BroadStreet, to ensure prop-er infrastructure com-patibility of all threeprojects.”Construction has

not caused anyemployee issues, asit’s separated from the current CityHall by roughly 500 ft. The closureof West Broad Street was not dueto City Hall building activity, butrather the actual construction ofthe roadway sub-base infrastruc-ture and streetscapes. Groundbreaking for Sugar Hill

City Hall took place in December2011. The project has a 13-monthtimeline, and will be completed inDecember of this year. The futuredowntown area has been underconstruction since last summer. Said Hail, “Sugar Hill has

always been a bedroom communi-ty that provided quality of lifeatmosphere. We have expandedour park system from 35 acres tomore than 120 acres in the last 10years, because that is what the citi-zens wanted for their families.Now we are building the founda-tion from which a downtown canemerge. We have prepared for thefuture when the economy recovers,our family recreation system is inplace now so that when newhomes are built, the amenities arealready there. We are building nowto leverage the most out of thedown economy and maximize pro-duction for the dollar invested. Oneof the greatest successes about ourthree projects is that they will all bepaid for in cash. There is no debtassociated with the construction ofthe three projects. “Walking through the Customer

Service corridor leads to an openportico that overlooks an acre-and-a-half of lawn that adjoins theamphitheater on amenity pond

construction. This portico is part ofa three-story apse that houses rest-rooms for outside activities and theseating area for the Mayor andCouncil on the upper level. It willbe built of a light colored stone thatjumps out of the brick City Hallstructure to give it a Monticellopresence.”Sugar Hill Community

Relations Director Don Kelemensaid the decision to go ahead withconstruction was an easy one tomake.“We’ve outgrown our recently

expanded City Hall. Now is a greattime to build, because of the currenteconomy. Vendors have sharpenedtheir pencils to give us the best pos-sible quotes on projects from thedesign to the smallest sub-contrac-tor. Also, building materials are atsome of the lowest costs in years.“Our plan is that the new City

Hall will become the anchor for a‘downtown’,” Kelemen explained,“The effort to build a downtowncame about from surveys that stat-ed our citizens wanted a sense ofplace where they could come toand shop, eat and visit. The City haspurchased several plots adjoiningWest Broad Street that ourDowntown DevelopmentAuthority [DDA] can market topotential developers. As I docu-ment the construction from thegroundbreaking to the first steel, tothe current interior and exterior, Iam pleased and excited to see thebuilding come together. Everyoneis excited for the move, and areanticipating what their new home

will look like, and how it will func-tion.”Architect Lance Davis, AIA,

project manager for PrecisionPlanning, said that at the request ofthe mayor and council members,the new City Hall was methodical-ly designed to appear as a tradi-tional building with formal, classi-cal proportions and detailing. “This goal affects such decisions

as the footprint and massing of thebuilding, placement and size ofwindows, color and type of materi-als, to name a few. This buildingincorporates timeless materialssuch as cast stone and brick, andfeatures a cast stone foundation,cast stone quoins on the cornersand a cast stone cornice with intri-cate classical detailing. “A prominent and unique fea-

ture in the design,” added Davis,“is the three-level apse on the northelevation. The apse includes a por-tico on the main level which pro-vides space for outdoor seating andviews to the public lawn andamphitheater. The upper level ofthe apse contains the CouncilChambers raised dais.”Davis admitted that there were

challenges with implementingpresent-day building codes andADA requirements into a buildingwith a turn-of-the-century appear-ance. “Through the use of creative

design, extensive research andcoordination and valuable inputfrom the contractor and subcon-tractors, we feel we were able toseamlessly integrate current

requirements into this facility.Every detail was carefully coordi-nated, down to the color of theelectrical and computer receptaclesand their placement in the stainedwood wall paneling. Through sen-sitivity in detail development andcraftsmanship in the field, thisproject really showcases theimportance of designer/builderteamwork.” As a lifelong resident of Sugar

Hill, DDA Chairwoman DawnGober is amazed at the progressshe’s witnessed so far. “With so much traffic now, it’s

amazing to think how, as a littlegirl, I would walk up graveledSycamore Road, cross Hwy 20 andgo to Sugar Hill Drive Inn and geta milkshake for a nickel,” Gobermarveled. “Everyone knew every-body. But times change, and howwe’ve grown. I still live onSycamore and look forward tobeing able to walk the sidewalkand get to our downtown.”Said Davis, “It has been our

honor to have the opportunity toassist the City of Sugar Hill in cre-ating a landmark structure that willserve as an anchor for this City formany generations. Our team isalways gratified to know that wehad a part in creating somethingmonumental that will be on thisearth for many years after we aregone.”

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‘Downtown’ Area Planned in Area Around New Building

Detail of the new structure’s ribbed roof. Sheet rocking of the new city hall foyer stairway.

“It has been our honor to havethe opportunity to assist the Cityof Sugar Hill in creating a land-mark structure that will serve asan anchor for this City for manygenerations.”

Lance Davis, AIAPrecision Planning

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