The funds will be provided by the county’s contingency to modify 72 bathroom privacy shields that would interfere with the HVAC system.
As the jail nears completion, $908,522 of the county’s $2,471,535 contingency has been used to address change orders, leaving $1,563,013 in reserve. The contractor’s contingency of $1,741,172 has been depleted.
Including all approved change orders, the construction contract is now valued at $64,359,494.
Architecture firm HDR designed the facility, and the Yates-Sundt joint venture team are the contractors.