It’s been a long time coming, but the final piece of the city of Jacksonville’s Better Jacksonville Plan is finally becoming a reality. Turner Construction Co. is leading the $224-million design-build construction of the Duval County Courthouse. Construction started last April, with scheduled completion in May 2012. Turner vice president and operations manager David Reaves says the company expects to top out the seven-story, 800,000-sq-ft structure in April.
The facility will serve as a combined civil and criminal courthouse for Duval County, and will include 51 courtrooms, judges’ chambers and offices, and other space. The building will be a cast-in-place concrete structure with a glass and pre-cast exterior, designed by KBJ Architects of Jacksonville.