City Hall Update, June 2025

A few weeks ago, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Raleigh class of 2024-2025 stopped by to see the City Hall construction site. A few key members of the construction team met the two different groups on two different days at Nash Square. (Nash Square is a great, safe place to view the construction activity.) The contractors shared some fun facts during the visit, and we thought it would be fun to share those facts with our readers. 

Fun Facts:

• There will be roughly 113 miles of wiring in the building;
• There are 3,600 light fixtures;
• Approximately 2,000 tons of rebar is used in the building;
• There is 2,490 cubic yards of precast concrete: and,
• We have 57 subcontractors and consultants working on the project. In total, over 101,266.65 man-hours have been worked on the project. That’s the equivalent of one person working 40-hour weeks since the bicentennial quarter was minted in 1976.

June 26, 2025

The month of June has seen significant progress on the new City Hall.  

• Two more floors were added, and crews are now working on floor eight and will soon start on level nine.
• The council chamber's concrete sloped floor was poured.
• The framing for levels one and two is progressing, as well as the plumbing, electrical, and mechanical rough-ins.
• Stair number one from the basement to level 2 is done.
• Crews continue to place the precast outer panels.
• Work continues on the level two Brise Soleil.
• The steel elevator is going in on level two.

Some new things to look out for in July include:

• The ribbon precast between floors two and three will be installed;
• Framing for the interior of level three will start, and,
• The buck hoist will be installed. 

What is a buck hoist?

Buck hoists, also known as construction hoists or material hoists, are vertical transportation systems commonly used in construction projects to transport workers, tools, and materials to different levels of a building or structure. They have a motor-driven platform that moves vertically along guide rails installed on the exterior of a building. The platform is enclosed with walls and gates for the safety of the workers and to prevent any materials from falling off during transportation.