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City Hall Construction

Updated February 5, 2010

View the progress from your computer. View the new City Hall construction photos online. 

Farewell City Hall Crane:  The crane was removed the weekend of January 30-31. Crane work is finished. 

The week of February 2, 2010, construction crews:

• Installed the catch basin on 5th and Chestnut, and tied into the storm line on 5th Avenue.
• Installed the fiberoptics for 7th & Chestnut into the City Hall site.
• Installed the exterior framing and weatherproof sheeting.
• Began installing the fire alarm and security wiring on the 2nd and 3rd levels.
• Continued installing metal framing for interior offices on the 2nd level.
• Continued to work on completing the exterior steel installation at the entryway, and put up 3 flagpoles at the entrance.
• Began framing the curtail wall at the entry.
• Began installing the vapor barrier and flashings on the roof.

Currently, construction is scheduled for completion by January 31, 2011.

View a Model of the New City Hall

LEED Certification:

Improved Customer Service:

With the new City Hall, services and employees now housed in several different buildings will be co-located in a single building for improved citizen service. The City currently pays about a half million dollars a year to rent several office buildings in the general area of the current City Hall. That money will instead be used to pay for the new City Hall.

Once the move occurs, the current City Hall complex on Plum Street will be converted into the City's Criminal Justice Center, including Municipal Court, Court Services, Probation Services, a Day Reporting Center, prosecutor offices, and the Municipal Jail.

Answers to Frequent Questions about Olympia's new City Hall

City Hall Project Goals.

A building that meets:

• Contemporary office needs for technology, staff and customer space, and energy efficiency.
• Silver level criteria for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

See all of our Project Goals (pdf file).

Energizing East Bay