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Columbia County details Justice Center renovation, new fire stations and Riverwood Park plans
Summary
Steven Prather, Columbia County director of capital projects, described current and planned county facility projects funded largely by voter-approved SPLOST and bond measures, including a Justice Center renovation, recent fire station replacement, Pollard House event center and early designs for Riverwood Park.
Cassidy Harris, public relations manager for Columbia County, interviewed Steven Prather, the county’s director of capital projects, about ongoing and planned facility projects the county is building with voter-approved funding.
Prather said the Facilities, Design & Construction Department — a six-person team — manages planning, budgeting, design and construction for county facilities, generally overseeing about 15 to 20 projects at any given time. “Most of the projects that we manage are funded by SPLOST, the PFA bond, or the GO bond,” he said. Projects move from in-house master planning and schematic design to consultant-led design, then bidding and construction; design can take “a year or 2 or 3, depending on the complexities of the budget, the site, [and] other restraints,” Prather said.
Why it matters: these projects affect public safety capacity, recreational space and event facilities used by county…
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