State House Restoration Construction Updates

UPDATE AS OF AUGUST 19, 2024:

A temporary closure of State Circle has been coordinated with the MD Capitol Police, DGS OFM, the City of Annapolis as well as the MD Stadium Authority team working on the Legislative Services Building. The closure is necessary to install conduit across State Circle to support a new facade lighting system for the State House.

The closure will be implemented between North Street and School Street beginning at 5 PM on Monday, 8/26/24 and will have a 4-day duration through 8/29/24. Noisy work will cease by 10 PM nightly and the shift will end daily at 3 AM. The street will be plated at the end of each shift to allow for normal daytime traffic to navigate State Circle as usual. All work will be completed by 3 AM on the morning of 8/30/24.

UPDATE AS OF AUGUST 8, 2024:

Scaffold demobilization is on-going based on construction progress, however, delays due to field conditions and weather (including the upcoming Tropical Storm Debby) are impacting the target completion for full demobilization by mid-September 2024 by several weeks.

Lower levels of scaffold are anticipated to remain on site to accommodate window reinstallation on the First Floor and to complete the challenging restoration of the South Portico on the 1772 Building.
The restored bronze doors for the First Floor North Entrance will return to the site in late August for re-installation; entrance will be shut down for approximately 4 days.

Site restoration on the Grounds is ongoing and largely focused on the northeast section of the site as well as the northeast side of the Annex monumental steps facing Lawyers' Mall.

Construction on the State Circle retaining wall between North Street and the North Annex entrance continues; sidewalk and snow melt systems are following the restoration sequence.
Realignment of the State Circle curb along the Government House site has been completed.
Sidewalk demolition on the northwest and west side of the 1906 Annex is ongoing; this scope was accelerated into the current phase of work to mitigate delays on future phases of work.
A near-term 4-day night closure of State Circle between North St. and School St. will be required to install conduits across State Circle to support a new facade lighting system; the closure will be coordinated with the City and local residents will be advised ASAP. State Circle will be plated during the day to allow for normal traffic use.
The next rotation of parking assignments on State Circle is anticipated to be implemented in September 2024.
Walkways inside State Circle are currently restricted on the east side of the 1906 Annex as new walkways and a new ADA entrance are being constructed and infrastructure is extended to the Old Treasury Building; walkways restrictions inside State Circle will continue to be implemented as work progresses to future phases and new work is released for public access.

The Old Treasury Building Exterior restoration is on-going.

Underground infrastructure has progressed to the building and nearing completion.
Drainage field installation anticipated to be complete by end of August.
Foundation repointing has begun.

As of July 1, 2024:

The project is currently transitioning from building construction to site work/grounds construction. What does this mean?

Scaffold demobilization has begun with complete removal anticipated to be complete by mid-September 2024
The restoration of the Old Treasury Building Exterior has begun
The restoration of the site has begun and will be completed in 6 distinct phases driven by restoration of the State Circle retaining wall.
Parking on the inside lane of State Circle will be reallocated as necessary to accommodate each phase of the grounds restoration.
6 spaces currently being used by House and Senate leadership on the outside lane of State Circle on the west side of the State House are anticipated to be returned to the City before Christmas 2024
Walkways inside the grounds will be restored in sequences driven by the restoration of the State Circle retaining wall and, accordingly, pathways inside the grounds will be restricted at times.