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County team previews Garfield Heights jail design, medical services and schedule for GMP
Summary
Project managers gave the Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee a 50% design update on the county’s Central Services campus and new jail in Garfield Heights, focusing on medical capacity, visitation and a procurement schedule that targets a GMP proposal in December.
Project managers and county staff gave the Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee a design‑development update on the Cuyahoga County Central Services campus and new jail in Garfield Heights, describing the design schedule, planned inmate medical services, visitation layout and procurement and bonding milestones.
Jeff Applebaum of Project Management Consultants said the team has reached 50 percent design development and is reconciling the 50 percent estimate with the project budget. “We are through 50% design development,” Applebaum said, and he described a schedule that aims to receive a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) proposal by December, reconcile it in January and bring GMP and bond legislation to council in March.
Nicole English of Public Works walked the committee through exterior images and interior program elements, including a public lobby with screening, a consolidated screening corridor for the jail, a mix of non‑contact and contact…
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