"Chicago-based Wight & Company announced its latest project, the Will County Justice Center in Joliet, which will break ground in the spring of 2018. This new center will replace the aging adjacent structure with a modern justice facility featuring the latest advancements in security screening, courtroom technologies, energy management, and sustainable design strategies which are characteristic of Wight & Company’s Design & Delivery platform.

Kevin Havens, executive vice president and director of design at Wight, worked closely with the project team on developing the design solution, with early guidance from renowned architect Dirk Lohan, who recently combined forces with Wight & Company as principal. “Dirk encouraged us to emphasize simplicity in expression and clarity of building components,” said Havens. “This project is about transparency and access to justice invoked by a contemporary and architecturally captivating building that will become a catalyst for Joliet’s downtown development, as well as a symbol of civic pride.”

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