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Architect previews Capitol Campus master plan, outlines Rayburn approach and lessons from Cannon overruns
Summary
At a House Administration hearing, Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin said the AOC is finalizing a multi-component Capitol Campus master plan and a swing-space study for a full Rayburn House Office Building renewal, and cited lessons from the Cannon House Office Building renewal that contributed to substantial cost growth.
Thomas Austin, the Architect of the Capitol, told the House Committee on House Administration that the AOC is advancing a long-delayed update to the Capitol Complex Master Plan and preparing a detailed approach to the Rayburn House Office Building renewal.
The master-plan update — described by Austin as a “capital campus blueprint” — focuses on four priorities: the House office building renewal program (including Rayburn), needs on the Senate side, a new U.S. Capitol Police headquarters, and utility resiliency. Austin said a swing-space study for Rayburn should be complete next month and will drive how the AOC sequences renovation work.
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