City Hall Elevator Automation Project Happening Now The City Hall Elevator Automation Project is entering the design phase, and a professional architect will be working to see if we can design and construct modern elevator mechanicals while maintaining much of the historic character of these charming elevator cabs. Background The three elevators at the front of City Hall date to the original construction of this beautiful building, back in the 1920s, and the elevator mechanicals are well past their useful life. Service outages and increasing maintenance costs have led to the proposed modernization project. The proposed scope of work includes the replacement of two out of the three elevators, with the third elevator being preserved for historic purposes. Although the other two elevators will receive new mechanicals, every effort is being made to retain or re-use historic elements such as the existing cab ceiling, wall panels, vintage signage, and appropriate fixtures. When completed, the new elevators will have automated operation both as you enter the cab and when you call the elevator from any floor. In addition, the work will bring Elevator #1 back into service, and this unit serves all numbered floors plus the basement level. Please check this page periodically for updates on design, review steps, approvals, schedule updates, and more. As design progresses, we will get answers on issues like front elevator downtime (if any), preservation of historic elements, and much more. Timeline December 2017 – Schematic/Design Development March 2018 – Review & Construction Documents April 2018 – Permitting & Approvals July 2018 – Bidding & Contract Award December 2018 – Equipment Drawings & Fabrication March 2019 – Construction April 2019 – Commissioning & Close-Out Contact Information 828-259-5920 Related Services Sign up for city e-newsletter Receive City News in your inbox! Watch livestream of city council meetings View live televised Asheville City Council meetings, at 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Explore city data Public datasets and maps are available on the open data portal at data.ashevillenc.gov. Gun safety Learn how to prevent deadly gun accidents and teach your children what to do if they come across a firearm. More Related Services City Hall Elevator Automation Project News Reimagining public safety survey link now live Posted on September 4, 2020September 14, 2020 by Ashley Traynum-Carson Following a clear call from our community, City Council voted to remove or repurpose the Vance Monument, passed a resolution supporting community reparations, and passed a budget that only funded departments for three months so that City staff could [...] Asheville residents invited to reimagining public safety listening sessions this week Posted on August 28, 2020September 14, 2020 by Polly McDaniel Updated information: The City of Asheville has now opened a survey to gather input from residents on how our public safety services can better promote racial equity and economic inclusion. Original announcement: In September, the City of Asheville will launch an extensive series of listening sessions with the community to help us reimagine the [...] Census 2020: Make sure you are counted, Asheville Posted on August 14, 2020 by Polly McDaniel Federal funding to our community is on the line Completing the census will help us count the number of people in our state, which is how the federal government divides tax dollars to states and communities. As of July, more than 40% of North Carolinians, over 4 million people, had not been counted, which could mean [...] More City Hall Elevator Automation Project News
Watch livestream of city council meetings View live televised Asheville City Council meetings, at 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.
Explore city data Public datasets and maps are available on the open data portal at data.ashevillenc.gov.
Gun safety Learn how to prevent deadly gun accidents and teach your children what to do if they come across a firearm.
Reimagining public safety survey link now live Posted on September 4, 2020September 14, 2020 by Ashley Traynum-Carson Following a clear call from our community, City Council voted to remove or repurpose the Vance Monument, passed a resolution supporting community reparations, and passed a budget that only funded departments for three months so that City staff could [...]
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