Cost: $4.3 million
Completion: November 2005

The Albemarle County Health Services and Public Safety Building required an aggressive schedule: $4.3 million in renovations to be completed in just nine months. In addition, as a change order, the owner asked Martin Horn to add 6,000 square feet of new space within the same timeframe. The project moved so rapidly that the steel stud supplier was not able to deliver the required quantity of studs in time. Martin Horn requested permission to modify the stud specification—a decision that saved the schedule. A talented project team worked closely with Heyward, Boyd Architects and Albemarle County, and finished all phases of the project on time.