MARK WAITE / PVT Bill Browning, at left, and Buster Scholl, from Charles Abbott and Associates, the firm that runs the Pahrump Building and Safety Department, walk among piles of brick and sand as work begins on the addition to the Nye County Courthouse at 1520 E. Basin Ave. B&H Construction and JVC Architects were awarded a $5.4 million contract to build a 16,400-square-foot addition and a 4,400-square-foot remodeling project inside the existing building. The addition will include two new courtrooms and a sheriff's evidence locker.