FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – County Manager Kevin Tanner provided an update on the new multi-level, 130,000 square foot county administration building at Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners work session.

The sprawling 65-acre campus will be located on Freedom Parkway near Ga. 400 and will accommodate at least three other county departments that currently lease space elsewhere, an auditorium and space for staff and public parking.

The current admin building is about 55,000 square feet and was built in 1995.

Forsyth County Commissioners approved a $2.4 million contract for with Jericho Deign Group for engineering and architectural services and detailed energy modeling.

Tanner said Jericho is currently in the programming phase, meeting with the department heads. When they finish that, they will move into the design phase.

“We will need to do some site visits and bring back recommendations to the Board,” Tanner said before asking for two Board members to volunteer to go along on those visits. Commissioners Molly Cooper and Laura Semanson volunteered.

“Once that is approved we can move forward with the full design phase” Tanner said, adding, “We’re on target now to be ready to pre-qualify in March then hopefully send out a full set of drawings for bids next June.

Thus far, the county has not provided an estimated cost for the capital project.