Friday, August 23, 2024
When the Coryell County Commissioners Court met on June 11, it was agreed that the Architexas firm would develop the master plan for the Coryell County Courthouse. The bid from the Architexas firm was unanimously agreed on by the commissioners.
At the Aug. 13 commissioners court meeting, a representative of Architexas, Alexis McKinney, addressed the court with the estimated project schedule for the completion of the Master Plan and spoke about the Matterport laser imaging that was being conducted throughout the building to map each floor.
“It’s taking a point with 3-D imaging, and then it’s taking photos of the courthouse, and we’re able to use it to take measurements. It’s better than us spending a week measuring everything to get a floor plan. It gets us 75% of the way out there,” McKinney said.
McKinney said that they are also trying to gather historic photos of the courthouse inside and out to try to piece together the history of the structure. She said that they are working closely with the Texas State Historical Commission in Austin and locally with the Coryell County Historical Commission.
Concerning the laser scanning of each room in the courthouse on each floor, McKinney said, “We’re doing this to discover the current space layout so that we can get an accurate floor plan. This is step one - we need a floor plan.”
McKinney said that in October Architexas representatives will have their initial site visit and start a condition assessment, which will include a Drone scan of the roof.
The Master Plan is estimated to be finalized with the Texas Historical Commission in July of 2025.
