Burr Ridge board rejects Village Hall bids, ends contract with architect
After bids for a proposed Village Hall addition came in far above estimates, the Burr Ridge Village Board voted unanimously to reject all bids and terminate its relationship with Leggett Architects, saying the divergence threatened the project's intended quality and value.
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Mayor Grasso told the board the project's design process produced an architect's cost estimate of $7.5 million but that recently opened bids ranged from about $13.8 million to more than $17 million. "Because the bids are so far above what we expected and budgeted for, value engineering to bring the project to a more feasible cost would remove the architectural distinction, quality, and benefits this project was supposed to bring to the community," Grasso said.
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