Facilities chief outlines elevator projects, stone restoration and security upgrades

Frank Burnham, deputy secretary of operations and director of facilities management, gave a broad update on work across the Capitol complex. He said the State House garage has been cleaned and restriped, the snow-melt system repaired, and that staff are starting restoration of wood doors and exterior stone cleaning. "We hope to have that contract in place here within the week," he said of the preservation work on windows and joints.

Burnham also said the Northwest elevator contract has been executed and modernization work will begin just before the legislative session, and that the bird netting and other ground repairs will be budgeted in fiscal year 2028. He noted eight bronze plaques for the Kansas Walk of Honor will be installed in the coming weeks and a ceremony is planned at month's end.