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State seeks continuation of $55.1 million for new public health laboratory; construction on schedule
Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services asked the appropriations subcommittee to continue a $55.1 million appropriation to finish a new state public health laboratory. Officials said construction is on time and budget and asked the legislature to continue the laboratory steering committee through project completion.
Bismarck — Dirk Wilkie, interim commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services and executive director of public health, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee, Human Services/Human Resources that the state’s new public health laboratory is on schedule and on budget and asked the legislature to continue a $55,100,000 appropriation to complete the project.
Wilkie said construction began in spring 2024 after a guaranteed maximum price contract and that crews have worked through the winter. “The project’s going well. It is on budget. It is on time,” Wilkie said. He told the committee the construction schedule shows a completion date of June 26, 2026, with a planned move-in by the end of December 2026.
Why it matters: the new laboratory is intended to expand the…
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