The Dallas County Board of Supervisors have made steps to construct a new administration building for county uses. 

Board of Supervisor Mark Hanson says that their planning on demolishing the building on 818 Courts Street and the old jail building on the Adel Square to construct an administration building to house administrative activities like the treasurer’s office, recorder’s office, planning and zoning, assessor’ office, veteran’s affairs, the Board of Supervisors and any other county business. Hanson explains that the county has talked about having all the administrative offices under one roof for a while now. 

“That one of the main reasons for the pressure is the need for additional court space to hold court hearings. And so the first floor of the courthouse where we do have the treasurer and our recorder, those are the most appropriate spaces to add the additional courtrooms and court activities and to have the right delivery method for our sheriff’s department that has to bring people to the building from a security standpoint. So we will be expanding the ability to efficiently run the court system by having that building mostly courts.”

Hanson says the Board of Supervisors decided to go with the construction manager at-risk project delivery method and they formed a committee to recommend the best construction firm to build the project. He says the construction will roughly take 18 months and cost between $15 to $17 million.