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Public Works says exterior repairs on the state Capitol and annex begin the week of April 25.
A spokesman said scaffolding will go up around the building next week with construction work beginning May 7. The project is expected to be completed by November.
The cost of the project is now $4.88 million, a huge increase from the original $1.85 million proposed in 2017.
The Capitol was constructed in the 1870s and the annex was completed in 1905.
The building underwent a major seismic retrofit in 1978 and 1979. The entire building was gutted and the sandstone blocks of the exterior walls were tied to a rebar skeleton and a concrete shell poured inside to hold everything together.
But no significant work has been done to maintain the exterior of the building since the early 1990s.
As a result, there are serious leaks in the rain gutters atop the building, leaky windows and doors as well as peeling paint, among other issues.
The work also includes repointing the sandstone blocks that make up the structure and cleaning the masonry, repairing and painting wood structures around the windows and doors and making repairs to copper and steel components on the building.
Public Works has informed the state offices in the Capitol that the work will be confined to the exterior and that workers can expect typical construction noise for the duration of the project.
Although there will be scaffolding around the building, there will be protected pedestrian access at the entrances and exits and Public Works is building the work schedule to try to limit the impact on Capitol events, including the holidays.
The project was originally proposed a half-dozen years ago but put off more than once by budgetary shortfalls and other problems.
