Construction problems will delay until early next year a move into a renovated Village Hall, Willowbrook officials said.
“It’s often typical for this to happen when you’re renovating an existing building,” Village Administrator Tim Halik said. “It was built in 1979 and it requires a lot of changes and upgrades.”
The village had hoped to move officials into the new building at 835 Midway Drive this month.
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Halik said construction crews encountered several unforeseen problems, including some electrical wiring issues. Crews are building a new lobby area and installing a new elevator and facade panels.
On Nov. 10, the Village Board agreed to pay $129,460 to Rieke Office Interiors, of Elgin, for new custom-made furniture for the building. Documents indicate it will take four to six weeks to build the furniture.
Building renovations are being completed by FBG Corporation, of Elmhurst, on a $1.4 million contract. They are the first phase of a larger project to create a new village campuslike setting that will include a newly renovated police station and a new community resource center.
The renovation of the police station, which is the second phase, will begin next year at the current Village Hall at 7760 Quincy St. The final phase will occur in 2016-17 and involve renovating a newly acquired 7,000-square-foot building at 825 Midway Drive for the community resource center.
Halik said the village hopes the entire project will come in at under $5 million. The village paid $820,000 in 2013 for the new Village Hall building and $890,000 for the community resource center building.
The village first adopted a long-term space needs plan in 2004. Four years earlier, the village purchased a four-acre parcel at 700 Willowbrook Centre Parkway with plans to build a new $15 million village campus there, including a new Public Works facility. While that facility was built there, the economy forced officials to back off the rest of the project.