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Speed Fab-Crete Design-Builder. Architectural rendering of City of Rockwall, Texas fire station, designed by Callahan & Freeman Architects.
Rockwall Picks Speed Fab-Crete
As First Design-Builder Of New Fire Stations
The City of Rockwall, Texas has selected Speed Fab-Crete as design builder of two new fire stations costing $4,686,933. It is the first time in Rockwall's history that the city council has accepted a design-build contract for construction of new facilities.
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Ray Landy, Mayor, City of Westworth Village, Texas. "We were extremely pleased with Speed Fab-Crete's performance in construction of our new municipal complex. They were a partner in every way with the city in overcoming obstacles. They built our first city hall 35 years ago. We expect this one to meet our needs even longer."
City of Westworth Village New City Hall, Justice and Community Center Opens
New Administration, Community and Justice Center for the City of Westworth Village, Texas, near Fort Worth opens. The project cost about $4 million and was completed in the Spring of 2008.
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Speed Fab-Crete's Precast Concrete Wall Building System Used To Form New Texas Justice Center
The new $10-million-dollar Hood County Justice Center has opened in Granbury, Texas, formed with exterior and interior precast concrete walls produced by Speed Fab-Crete. The firm is a design-build general contractor and a longtime concrete products manufacturer for the Southwest.
Exterior view: Hood County Justice Center, Granbury, Texas
The 52,000-square-foot building contains three courtrooms - district, county and justice of the peace - offices for the judges, district attorney, county clerk and constables, a law library, jury selection room, general offices and a sally port accessing holding cells for both male and female prisoners. Metal detectors and armed sheriff's deputies, permanently assigned as security, will guard two public entrances to the complex.
Interior view: Hood County Justice Center Courtroom, Granbury, Texas
Interior view: Hood County Justice Center Common Area, Granbury, Texas
Performing as the project's primary subcontractor, Speed Fab-Crete provided more than 65,000-square-feet of 6-inch-thick, precast concrete wall panels to form the building's exterior and many of the interior walls, too. The nature of the construction makes the Justice Center one of the safest buildings in Granbury, especially resistant to turbulent weather. Seldaco, LP was construction manager.
Exterior view: Hood County Justice Center Construction, Granbury, Texas
The concrete walls were fabricated and poured at Speed Fab-Crete's manufacturing plant in Fort Worth, Texas. When the center's foundation was ready, the firm shipped the walls by truck to the project site, less than an hour away, for erection by crane. Speed Fab-Crete's $1,324,000 contract also included steel erection and extensive millwork.
Callahan & Freeman Architects, Fort Worth, designed the state-of-the-art Justice Center. They met the county's design criteria that limestone rock, indigenous to the Granbury area, be used for much of the building's exterior appearance.
The interior finish predominantly is stained oak wood. For the courtrooms, boxed book matched paneling and Texas star medallions were used to help achieve an official-looking decorum.
Located a few blocks west of the Granbury town square, the Justice Center has six times the floor space of the historic1891Hood County Courthouse. Financed by certificates of obligation, the project was completed in only one year.
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"Our new Municipal Building is an attractive,
well designed, functional and cost-effective facility.
You take great pride in your work."
Jeff Howell
Former Bridgeport, Texas City Administrator
Now Kilgore, Texas City Manager
903-984-5081
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