Throwback Thursday April 1999

For this week's throwback Thursday we feature a project from Stone World's April 1999 issue. With its innovative design and construction, the new Charles Evans Wittaker U.S. Courthouse in Kansas City, MO, introduces a new concept in federal construction.

See photos of the project below:

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KEYWORDS: construction projects

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