By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer
Friday, January 21, 2011
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The 17-story Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse at 801 N Florida Ave. in Tampa cost $85 million to build 13 years ago. It is named for the former congressman from Tampa.
TAMPA — Federal judges figured the workers who built their gleaming, downtown courthouse 13 years ago knew how to install a window.
But now one of the most costly repairs in that building's history is under way to fix one big, befuddling problem.
Window frames were installed backward.
The frames directed water into rather than out of the facility, said U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr., who heads a facilities committee at the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse.
Moody said the fix and related waterproofing to be completed this year will cost more than $20 million — a significant slice of the $85 million it took ...
