这座耗资7800万美元的里士满市民中心振兴是一个基于多个设计建设的项目，其中包括三座建筑物和一个广场。第一阶段包括对里士满市政厅的地震升级/建筑物信封维修/室内装修，地震升级/建筑物包络维修/内部翻新/室内装修，对现有司法大厅，地震升级/建筑物信封维修以及对选民恢复的内部装修有限和现场工作。

在市民中心的改造之前,50-year-old City Hall, former Hall of Justice and auditorium buildings were in dire need of attention. Richmond is surrounded by multiple fault zones. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, coupled with substantial sub-grade waterproofing issues at City Hall, indicated the need for a major renovation.

实际上，在签订施工合同之前的几年，该市被迫撤离中央位置的市政厅，并将其设施跨过城镇。

By choosing to renovate and return to the existing Civic Center, the city has declared its desire to serve the citizens of Richmond from a more central location.

By incorporating high profile finishes and state-of-the-art energy, security and audio/visual components, the City Hall and former Hall of Justice provided a safer, more productive work environment. In addition, the proximity of the various city operations departments directly facilitates internal communication, thereby improving inter-department synergy. These updated facilities also act as a one-stop shop for the public by providing convenient access to all City departments and resources in a single location.

里士满市民中心振兴项目是通过使用设计建设项目交付系统的城市主持的开发团队竞争授予的。

In the early stages of planning and design, it was decided that the civic center would embrace and implement an environmentally sustainable design. The Richmond City Hall and Community Services Building were originally intended to achieve LEED silver certification. Ultimately, however, the design team submitted several additional LEED credits for each building and the USGBC awarded the project LEED gold certification.

在使用的可持续设计和实施中，包括太阳能光伏面板，水产能绿化，减少用水，施工废物回收以及使用绿色内部饰面产品。

建筑信息建模软件用于建模里士满市政厅和社区服务大楼的现有基础。事实证明，这在子分级发掘操作中非常有用。

Exposed structure as architectural elements exposing the existing concrete ceilings, columns and walls, along with new steel seismic braces, provides an open work environment. Widely-spaced suspended acoustical ceiling clouds maintained this exposed structural concept while providing acoustical and lighting properties appropriate for an office environment.

The project itself provided several hands-on opportunities for members of the community. The project team encouraged community involvement by hiring locally, awarding work to local subcontractors and offering youth scholarship programs. The percentage of local hires working on the job did not drop below 20% and at one time was as high as 35%. In order to accomplish this, the team worked closely with Richmond BUILD. Richmond BUILD is a pre-apprenticeship program that was developed to create employment and career opportunities for Richmond residents and thereby help reduce the potential for violence in the community.

To further support the community, portions of work were awarded to local contractors and artists. For example, Richmond-based contractor C. Overaa & Co. Construction was awarded the prime contract for the City Hall building while local Richmond artists John Wehrle and Archie Held largely contributed to the project.

从最早的计划阶段开始，项目设计团队了解到，将面临与经过50年定居点，化学风化和地震活动的现有公民中心相关的建筑挑战。但是，在拆除拆除之前，无法评估现有的结构条件。

市政厅的内部，非结构性元素和前司法大厅被拆除和拆除。在这一工作阶段，很明显建筑物的过度过度。由于每栋建筑物都安装了各种地震升级，因此在整个项目中需要进行额外的工作，以确保所有表面均为水平和底线以安装饰面。

为了保护建筑物的历史外观，建筑团队经常面临着匹配的新安装饰面，并保留了现有的饰面。例如，尽管要拆除现有的地板地板，但市政厅的中央楼梯是一个被视为历史的地区，并被选为在整个建筑过程中普遍不受欢迎的地区。该区域包含了水磨石的台阶和墙板，并由木制扶手扣接壤。需要专业的Terrazzo承包商来安装新的地面地板，与现有的旧地板和保留的楼梯Terrazzo非常相似。

市议会会议厅位于前司法大厅的一楼，其中包含了最大质量和工艺的细节。首次进入理事会会议厅时，最引人注目的功能是里士满市的10英尺高的“鸟类眼景”壁画，被包裹在织物包装板上的隔板墙中。在墙壁对面，开放式空间允许座位通用，并直接通向市议会议员戴斯（Dais）。理事会会议厅的统计是建筑团队所做的专业，高效和头等舱努力的一个典型例子。

项目团队

Owner:City of Richmond
开发人员：Richmond Civic Center Partners, LLC (Alliance Property Group and The Wasatch Group, Los Angeles)
General Contractor:奥克兰的Charles Pankow Builders Ltd.
建筑师：纳德尔建筑师（建筑设计），洛杉矶；WRT设计（景观），旧金山
市政厅承包商：C. Overaa＆Co。，里士满
建筑经理：Mack 5, Emeryville
结构工程师：The KPA Group, Oakland
Civil Engineer:KPFF Consulting Engineers, San Francisco
Electrical Consultant:Contra Costa Electric, Martinez
Plumbing:L.J. Kruse，伯克利
HVAC:Acco，San Leandro