NEW CUMBERLAND - With security, heating and cooling improvements to the Hancock County Courthouse completed, county officials are turning their attention to a new roof for the courthouse annex.

In January, the county was awarded a $97,600 grant from the West Virginia Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority to replace the roof, insulation and coping on the 1968 annex.

Hancock County commissioners expect to receive official word of the award from WVCFIA Executive Director Melissa Garretson Smith on Thursday. The grant comes at an opportune time for commissioners, who are overseeing a series of capital improvements to the aging courthouse.

"It's great news," Commissioner Dan Greathouse said.

Before the roofing work can begin, however, commissioners will have to solicit bids for an architect to do design work, said Robert Vidas, executive director of the county's Office of Technology and Communications.

Vidas said workers from Kell's Heating & Air Conditioning, of Chester, recently completed work on the courthouse's heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. The project cost came in over the original Kell's bid of $58,320, he said.

The HVAC systems in the old stone courthouse, which dates back to the 1920s, were in need of upgrading because of their age and high maintenance costs. The new system will make heating and cooling more efficient for the section of the courthouse that houses Circuit Court Judge Martin Gaughan's courtroom, the assessor's office and clerk's office, Vidas said.

The county courthouse is actually a two-building complex that includes a three-story annex, completed in 1968, that is connected to the old section via a walkway.

An architectural assessment of the courthouse done by Silling Associates, of Charleston, in 2012 included a recommendation that the HVAC system be overhauled. Commissioners also are addressing other suggested improvements contained in the Silling report, Vidas said.

Probably the most visible improvement is the recent completion of a new security system for the newly redesigned courthouse entrance. Starting Monday, courthouse visitors will have to submit to metal detector screening before they can enter the building.

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Building construction permits over $10,000 in value that were approved in Boulder between Jan. 20, 2014 to Jan. 26, 2014. Listed below are: the case number; address; total project valuation; owner name; contractor (if applicable); and description.

PMT2013-02761 1765 Sunset Blvd.; $2,020,000; Robert and Kerry Patterson; Hammerwell Inc.; Construction of new single-family dwelling. Residence will include 4,860 square feet of finished space (including 962-square-foot finished basement, 2,037 square feet of first floor dining/kitchen area, and 1,861-square-foot second floor with two bedrooms plus master bedroom and bath, with family room and laundry), three attached garages totaling 1,391 square feet,and three porches, totaling 672 square feet, and new swimming pool. Scope of work includes all associated MEPs. Pool by separate permit.

PMT2013-05225 546 Geneva Ave.; $266,288.76; Michael Stengel and Nooshin Katebini; Addition and remodel of existing single-family dwelling. Lowest level to include new 698-square-foot below grade garage, 384-square-foot addition for laundry and bath, remodel of 564-square-foot existing basement for rec. room. Main level to include 724 square feet for new kitchen, family room, and deck, remodel of 1,042 square feet of existing living, dining, and bathroom. Upper level to include 453-square-foot new master suite, remodel of 672 square feet for two bedrooms and two baths. Includes associated MEP. Owner/contractor.

PMT2013-05765 2584 Baseline Road; $18,796.67; Skunk Creek ; Saunders Construction Inc.; Whole Foods - Exterior work including a new 223-square- foot vestibule onto the front of the building, as well as associated sidewalk improvements. Also includes upgrades to the exterior facade. Please refer to PMT2013-04245 for all fees, and all proposed interior work.

PMT2013-06819 5735 Arapahoe Ave.; $137,120.32; 5735 Arapahoe ; Weins Construction Inc.; Interior remodel of existing manufacturing facility, including addition of new dividing walls, ADA upgrades to bathrooms, and associated MEPs.

PMT2013-06884 2950 Vassar Drive; $50,000; Felix Magowan; Jamey Valentine Construction; Addition of unconditioned mudroom in location of current front porch, remodel portion of main level and basement.

PMT2013-06968 3030 Sterling Circle; $477,399.74; Westland Development; Westland Development Services; Tenant interior remodel of existing one-story commercial building for R&D company. Scope to include removal and replacement of bathrooms, creation of office, optics laboratory, break room, and common area spaces. Ceiling grid to remain intact. Includes all associated MEPs.

PMT2013-07042 2211 Sixth St.; $85,000; Alexander Mason; Interior remodel of 932 square feet of existing three-story, single-family dwelling. Remodel to include new kitchen and den on main level; new laundry and bath on second level; and new bath rough in on third level. Includes new forced air furnace and ducting, new electrical, and minor exterior changes as noted on the LAC - HIS2013-00268. Owner/contractor.

PMT2013-07155 944 Pearl St.; $23,500; 954 Pearl ; Duggan Construction LLC; Exterior renovation of commercial building including replacement of windows and doors in existing openings -- addition of two new rooftop mechanical units with associated framing modifications and associated electrical work.

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the government will provide land and contribute some money for construction of an office for Basavanagudi Cooperative Society Limited, which observed its centenary celebrations on Sunday. He made the promise while inaugurating the celebrations at National College grounds. The society was established in 1908. It sells household articles at Basava Super Bazar. At present, it has over 8,000 members and recorded a turnover of Rs. 15 crore in 2012-13. Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi visited the society in 1936 and Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya presided over the golden jubilee celebrations in 1958. Noted lexicographer G Venkatasubbaiah, who turned 100 last year, participated in Sundays function and said he was the director of the society in 1958.

Bangalore South MP H N Anantha Kumar offered Rs. 25 lakh to the society from his Lok Sabha constituency fund towards construction of its office building while MLA Ravi Subramanaya promised to contribute Rs. 10 lakh.

Society president M Bore Gowda felicitated former Union Minister M V Rajasekharan and Prof Venkatasubbaiah. Minister for Cooperation H S Mahadeva Prasad was present at the event.

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Instantly recognizable by the Alfa Romeo sign hanging off the corner of the red brick garage on St. Joseph Street, the Motor Service Building is a Rapid City landmark.

Yet it has remained vacant for years as no one has been able to figure out what do with the place until now.

Three local businesses McCarthy Properties, MAC Construction and The Numad Group will invest nearly $500,000 over the next few months to transform the interior of the Motor Industrial Building into a shared office facility called The Garage Rapid City.

Modeled after similar places that have thrived in Chicago, New York and Seattle, a shared office is a place for those who only want to rent a work space rather than leasing or buying office space, according to Peter Anderson, president of MAC Construction.

"People work from anywhere today coffee shops, airports, parks and more," Anderson said last week. "Time and again, we hear about their desire to have a true hub to drop in and work from in a similar fashion but on a more regular basis."

Jason Alley, the head of creative developmentat a marketing and communications company called Message, said in today's economy it doesn't matter where a person gets work done. What matters, he said, is that the work gets done.

Alley has a home office and often works out of coffee shops around town, but he has expressed interest in moving into a shared office space environment.

"I think this will make a great satellite base," he said. "It's a place I can pop in when I need to get a few things done then pop back out to meet with clients."

Shared offices have become more popular during the past decade as the number of freelance workers has increased throughout America, said Matt Ehlman, principal of the Numad Group.

The Garage is designed as a place where consultants, architects, small business owners, graphic designers, nonprofit workers and others can share space and work together, he said.

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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) Albuquerque homeowner Johnny Robinson claims the City of Albuquerque ruined his life, and he is not being shy about it.

Outside his Northeast Albuquerque home near San Pedro Drive and Topke Place, Robinson placed a large sign claiming so, but its not just the sign that catches the attention of passerbys. Its the two-story, 5,400 square foot unfinished mammoth of a house that neighbors gawk at.

The poor man, hes like living in a third world country, neighbor Manuel Gonzales said.

Robinson, a contractor, started renovating his house after the city planning department approved his building blueprints in October 2008. His plan was to add a second story and a third garage to the existing 1,600 square foot home he lives in with his teenage son.

I know what Im doing in terms of building it, but with all the paperwork and stuff, I relied on the city to make sure everything I was doing was right, Robinson said. I made sure, I was down there all the time, asking questions.

Robinson said a city official told him that he needed to request a variance with approval from neighbors if renovations came close to the property line the two homes share. Robinson said he received a signed and notarized document from his neighbor, granting permission to build near the property line. Documents Robinson provided KRQE News 13 show the city planning department granted another building permit in April 2011.

Construction was well underway, when in October 2011, after Robinson poured more than $200,000 into renovations, city officials told him he was breaking city code.

Right before I put the shingles on, they came and red-tagged me and told me to stop work, Robinson said.

City Attorney David Tourek said Robinsons house is too close to the property line. Tourek said city code states homeowners must be within 15 feet of the property line, but Robinson is within 3 feet. Tourek said even though the city initially approved the plans, it was done in error and it is Robinsons responsibility to make it right.

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