New Consolidated Courts Campus
Design Program:
For more than two decades, the Elkhart County Justice System operated courts out of two facilities, one located in the County Seat of Goshen, and the other in its biggest city, Elkhart. Both facilities were very antiquated and could not adapt well to a 21st century, post-covid Courts operation.
Project Approach:
- The County chose the Progressive Design-Build Project Delivery Method for a single team to develop and validate space and operational programming, design, and construct their new consolidated facility.
- CGL, our Courts Planner and Associate Architect was asked to assist the County in defining what operational consolidation really meant to Elkhart County
- The new operational program was converted into a space program suitable for a post-covid, technologically advanced Courts design utilizing the latest state-of-the-art concepts from around the country
- Real-time budgeting and estimating from the Build team progressed together with the Design team to constantly monitor the project cost in a very volatile construction market
Result:
- The Courthouse consists of 173,000 square feet with a construction cost of $73,000,000
- The four-story brick and stone structure commands the landscape and imposes a distinct civic presence
- Each of the upper three floors are dedicated to each court type, Civil, Criminal, and Family Courts providing an intuitive, efficient floor plan
- Planned expansion will help provide a 100-year solution
- The site has been master planned to allow further future development on the west side of the site.
Project Partners:
- Ancon Construction Company
- Performance Services
- CGL Companies
- Jones Petrie Rafinski
- Lynch, Harrison and Brumleve, Inc.
- Securitecture
- Abonmarche Byce
More Information About Elkhart County Consolidated Courts Campus:
- ‘One legal community’: Attorneys, judges look forward to new consolidated courts campus in Elkhart County – via The Indiana Lawyer – February 15, 2023
- Byce & Associates, Inc. / Elkhart County Courts Facility – October 2022 – via Byce YouTube – November 4, 2022
- Elkhart County’s New Consolidated Courts Campus, $94M – via Building Indiana Business – November 2, 2022
- Elkhart County Citizens now have a 24/7 Window into Major Construction Project – via Elkhart County – September 1, 2022
- Elkhart Consolidated Courts Construction Can Be Viewed 24/7 – via Ink Free News – September 1, 2022
- Court Construction Project has New Window – via The Goshen News – August 31, 2022
- Elkhart County Installs Cameras at Site of New Consolidated Courts Campus – via abc57 – August 31, 2022
- Elkhart Country on way from 2 courthouses to 1 – via wane.com – November 21, 2021
- Elkhart County starts work to consolidate from 2 courthouses to 1 – via WFFT – November 21, 2021
- Work Begins on Courts Campus in Elkhart County – via Inside Indiana Business – November 16, 2021
- Groundbreaking for Elkhart County’s Consolidated Courts Tuesday – via Elkhart County – November 16, 2021
- Ceremony Signals Start for Consolidated Courthouse Construction – via The Goshen News – November 16, 2021
- Groundbreaking on the new $94 million Elkhart County Courthouse – via abc57 – November 16, 2021
- Ground has been broke for Elkhart’s new Consolidated Courts Campus – via 95.3 MNC – November 16, 2021
- Elkhart County Courts Breaks Ground on New Consolidated Courts Campus – via Performance Services – November 16, 2021
- Elkhart County Ground Breaking on New Courts Campus – via WNDU – November 16, 2021
- Elkhart County officials break ground on new consolidated courts facility – via WVPE 88.1 – November 15, 2021
- Elkhart County moves forward with consolidated courts building project – via WSBT – January 19, 2021
- Site plan determined for Goshen consolidated courthouse – via abc57 – June 15, 2021
- Elkhart County chooses site for consolidated courts – via abc57 – June 15, 2021
- Commissioners pick C.R. 17 site for new courthouse – via The Goshen News – June 8, 2020