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Gonzales County court authorizes exploratory work and scaffolding plan for courthouse annex facade
Summary
After a consultant reported widespread stone delamination and cracking on the county annex facade, the Gonzales County Commissioners Court authorized exploratory cutting, a mock-up and to pursue scaffolding to protect the public and enable repairs; initial cost estimates put scaffolding setup near $31,000 and the full repair program could reach into the hundreds of thousands to roughly $1 million depending on discoveries during exploratory work.
The Gonzales County Commissioners Court on a routine agenda item authorized contractors to perform exploratory cutting and to pursue scaffolding and a mock-up for repairs to the county annex facade after a consultant warned of extensive stone delamination and cracking.
A county-hired consultant addressed the court and described the annex as a "mass wall" with many facade elements integrated into the masonry. The consultant said some decorative stonework had been replaced previously and that pockets of delamination and cracking were visible across multiple elevations. He recommended shaving back certain elements to reveal where cracking stops, using epoxy injection where practical and replacing elements where necessary.
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