Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. – Durham County Judicial Building

Whiting-Turner Construction Co. oversees the conversion of Durham County’s old judicial building into modern administrative space.

By Tim O’Connor

For three decades the Durham County Judicial Building served a key function for the county’s residents. It was a place where marriages became official, civil disputes settled and criminal defendants sought a fair hearing. The building even contained a jail on its top floor. Thirty-nine years after it opened, the building is preparing for its second life as a space for the county’s administrative function.