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Engineer: Boyle County courthouse clock tower load and truss issues may require courtroom work; court to seek architect
Summary
Poe Engineering reported the courthouse clock tower places excessive loads on an aging queen‑post truss; engineer recommended involving a preservation architect and possible steel reinforcement; the upstairs courtroom may be unusable during repairs and tax credits were discussed as an offset.
Poe Engineering’s Brian Johnson told the Boyle County Fiscal Court the courthouse clock‑tower framing shows significant stress and that the timber queen‑post elements are not adequate for the load the tower now places on the structure.
"If I turn it into a little bit of a truss like that, I can repair each of the four that are beyond…
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