Mount Pleasant Town Hall Magazine

37 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.MPTownHall.com MOUNT PLEASANT Town Hall preparation and construction took two months each. “I wouldn’t call it an easy job,” Allston Farrell co-owner Matt Farrell said. “But I wouldn’t say that there was a whole lot of difficulty to it. It was a pretty standard job and it went smoothly.” “We have worked with this general contractor before, and it has always been a good experience,” he added. In addition to the first phase of Allston Farrell’s work on the new Town Hall project, the company is also responsible for Phase 2, which involves a new parking lot and ponds in the area where the old Police Department was housed and the running track is located. • • • • • • • • • • Chris Wagner , owner of Coastal Millwork & Supply , said his experience working on Mount Pleasant’s new Town Hall was “fantastic.” “The general contractor and the architects were extremely accommodating. Overall, this Town Hall is a terrific design, and the work environment was one of the best I’ve experienced,” he said. At the same time, the Summerville millwork provider knows he had a lot on the line when the new facility’s doors swung open and the town’s official staff and the public got a close look at his work. That’s because Coastal Millwork & Supply was responsible for many of the most prominent features of the Town Hall’s interior, from all the wood paneling – including the handsome maple paneling in all the main corridors – to the Council chamber and courtroom furniture, the granite countertops and window sills and all of the back-office cabinetry. “It’s a challenge for us when we’re covering so much surface area with wood panels that are among the first features of the Town Hall that people will see,” Wagner said. Other significant recent local projects Coastal Millwork & Supply has been a key contractor for include Sullivan’s Island’s Town Hall, Kiawah Island’s Town Hall/Municipal Center and the renovated and updated Charleston International Airport. Wagner noted with pride that “We fabricate everything at our 40,000-square-foot plant in Summerville, and we custom fabricate all our own components. Everything we do is for a specific job, and every job is unique.” “We have a very specific mission with our company, which is to provide very highly-managed work product, and we constantly move toward that goal on every exciting new project,” he said. • • • • • • • • • • While there are plenty of other steps taken to complete a building of this magnitude, the final stage of the project is one that people may notice the most – the beautiful landscaping. Pleasant Places was given the task of installing the sod, bushes, trees and the bluestone pavers around the new building. Owner Guy Artigues said the job itself was extremely tedious and time- consuming, but the results made him very proud of his team. “They did an amazing job. Laying out bluestone is critical because everything has to line up and be cut to fit perfectly,” he said. “It’s like putting together a large 3,000-piece jigsaw puzzle.” Artigues said the bluestone alone took two months. “It’s a specialized craft, and you can’t just put anyone on it. You can’t rush it or it won’t end up perfect,” he said. “And what they did at Town Hall is perfect.” Founded by Artigues in 1984, Pleasant Places provides commercial landscaping services throughout the Lowcountry and works with a variety of clients. “With this particular job, we feel very fortunate to have participated in such a high-profile project,” he said. “I’m very proud of our team and their craftsmanship. When I see the jobs they do, I still get goose bumps, and I’ve been in this business since high school.” Pleasant Places is a family-owned and operated business with a staff of over 150 employees and combined experience of more than 300 years. TH Chris Wagner Guy Artigues Matt Farrell