The Christman Co.

Scope Of Work

When the Wayne County government left this iconic building in 2009, it remained vacant for years until an interior and exterior restoration began in 2016. The iconic 116-year-old building is home to ornate courtrooms, with a grand 10-foot-wide corridor that provides access to additional rooms. It features scagliola plaster details, wood millwork, and terrazzo floors. With a high level of detail on the interior of the building, users had taken great care to preserve it and this project continued that tradition.

As part of a comprehensive capital improvement program, this multi-phase project included extensive masonry restoration, removal of non-period systems furniture, non-original walls on select floors, removal and replacement of building boilers, and a complete restoration of the roofing systems including the copper details at the perimeter of the building, restoration and waterproofing of site walls, exterior masonry work on stairs and railings, and restoration of wood windows. Over the years, the granite and limestone of the ornate Beaux-Arts building had deteriorated and become stained. Work on the building facade restored it to its original character. 

Under a competitive selection process, Christman developed a masonry restoration bid package in collaboration with Quinn Evans Architects that identified a series of necessary repairs from a visual inspection of the building. One of the selection criteria was a masonry restoration company that not only was qualified to complete the work, but who could develop a detailed plan of inspections, enlist a process of reporting deficiencies or improvements to the prescribed work in bid package, and complete the overall work on time and within the desired budget.