In a nutshell
At an April 1 meeting, Sugar Land City Council approved a $406,500 contract with Frost Construction Company Inc. to prepare the police station site for delivery, install needed connections, and repair the parking lot and sidewalks near the buildings.
The modular buildings were already purchased as part of a $1 million contract City Council approved in June for the station’s ongoing renovations.
The contract was supposed to cover purchasing and installing modular buildings, and the design and build-out of the station’s second floor. However, city officials have now delayed work on the second floor offices as there aren’t enough funds to complete both projects, they said.
Why it matters
The modular buildings are set to help alleviate office space shortages after the department lost its 7,000-square-foot leased space at the Fluor Daniel Complex for office, training and exercise space. The space formerly housed the training and recruiting division, firearms instructors, mental health unit, and civilian background investigators.
The lease ended when Fluor Corp. moved its headquarters to the Energy Corridor last summer.
Stay tuned
The second floor renovations will be addressed in future funding opportunities, including the $63.2 million earmarked for the police department and municipal court building renovations, and new police headquarters approved by voters in the Nov. 5 election, per agenda documents.
Following the notice to proceed, the site work and installation is expected to take three months, per agenda documents. The buildings are expected to be operational by mid- to the end of summer, city officials said.
