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Howard County seeks design approval for Banneker Room upgrades; design documents to proceed
Summary
Architects presented concept designs to enlarge the dais, improve sight lines and upgrade AV and lighting for the Banneker Room; staff plans to move the design toward construction documents with estimated budget funding of $700,000 in the current request.
Howard County facility staff and architects showed council members concept designs to renovate the Banneker Room, proposing an expanded, ADA‑accessible dais, upgraded audiovisual systems and new lighting and finishes to improve sight lines for in‑person and hybrid meetings.
The project team presented two dais options and asked for council feedback before preparing construction documents. County staff said they have included $700,000 in the current fiscal request to support council‑chamber work and associated AV/IT upgrades.
Krista Kerrigan, principal at Michael Graves Architecture, said the project is at the concept stage and that the team aims to prepare construction documents over the next two months. "They are just ideas. We're at the concept design stage in the project," Kerrigan said. The designs call for removing short knee walls and the existing dais to install a larger curved dais with a ramp for ADA access, deeper counters and digital nameplates linked to microphones. The team also proposed replacing ceiling…
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