The Baker County Board of Commissioners is hereby soliciting competitive sealed proposals from qualified and experienced contractors to complete repairs and restorations to the Historic Baker County Courthouse located at 108 Main Street, Newton, Georgia 39870. The existing structure is a two-story load bearing masonry and wood frame structure constructed circa 1906 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The foundations are a shallow foundation system consisting of multi-wythe brick masonry foundation walls at the perimeter and masonry pilasters within the interior of the building. The first floor is wood frame over a crawl space supported by exterior masonry foundation walls and interior masonry pilasters. The second floor is wood frame and is supported by exterior masonry walls and interior load bearing wood framed walls and posts. The roof is wood frame consisting of timber girder trusses and conventional beam and rafter framing. The main courtroom is located on the second floor and includes a balcony seating area that has been closed off from the courtroom. Foundation, structural, exterior siding, windows, plaster, flooring, interior trim; Foundation work to include: Replacing rotted wooden foundation boards to alleviate settlement at east and west entries. Flooring work to include: Remove and replace rotted floor and subfloor at east and west entries; Structural masonry wall work to include: Remove and replace rotted inset wood blocking/headers above wall openings in the south clock tower. Add additional wood framing to stabilize the east gable. This will take place behind the sheathing in the attic. o Install additional masonry veneer anchors to east roof gable to secure the masonry veneer sheathing. Exterior Siding work to include: Clean/remove efflorescence from exterior brick. The efflorescence is concentrated around the windows. Replace broken vents in the south clock tower.
