Mecklenburg County Courthouse

Charlotte’s new county courthouse will consolidate the court functions currently housed in three separate buildings to provide accommodation for Superior and District Courts, including thirty-nine criminal, civil and family courtrooms, a collegial judges’ office floor, the offices of the Court Clerk and Trial Court Administrator, civil processing functions of the Sheriff’s Department and jury assembly space.

The courts have been organized by their function with supporting offices and ancillary functions: Criminal courts on levels three and four, civil courts on level five, and family courts on level seven. Level six is being built as shell space to provide for future expansion. The top floor is devoted to the judges' offices, conference spaces and the library. The penthouse contains the central chilled water and hot water plant and many of the large air handling systems serving the building.

Commissioning services are being provided for all of the mechanical and electrical systems in the building, and include preparation of the commissioning plan, pre-commissioning checklists, construction inspection, functional performance testing, training and documentation.

Architect: HDR
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Project Size: 569,000 Sq. Ft., 39 Courtrooms
Construction Cost: $100 Million
Completion: 2006
Systems Commissioned: Central Plant, HVAC systems, Smoke evacuation, Electrical, Emergency Power

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