Project: York County Administrative Center Project
Square Footage: 128,000 sq. ft.
Number of Employees: Approximately 170
The aim of this project was to take a 100+ year-old courthouse with 50-year-old wings and convert it in a manner suitable to office/administrative functions. The transition was required due to the need to provide space for eleven County departments that were being consolidated from two nearby buildings. It was also necessary to preserve Court Room No. 1 for ceremonial purposes while Court Room No. 2 was to become the County Commissioners' Meeting Room. Finally, plans also called for a new state-of-the-art training center.
On one level, this project was about providing a modern office environment for the County government. However, on another level, the County felt that the work done on this building was about restoring a community landmark, regaining the public's trust, and demonstrating by example that an environmentally-friendly facility is not more expensive. The conversion also promoted the revitalization of downtown York because according to the County, if its taxpaying citizens are willing to reinvest their money in the urban core, then so should private business
Note of Interest: The York County Administrative Project won the Project of the Year Award for Historic Preservation/Restoration from the American Public Works Association. The Project also won the Associated Builders and Contractors Keystone Chapter Award for Excellence in Contracting.