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Cole County receives update on juvenile center; design estimates about 5% over $14 million target
Summary
County officials heard a progress update from the construction manager at-risk and architects on the Cole County Juvenile Center project, which remains roughly 5% over a $14 million budget target; staff said design development will continue, with a guaranteed maximum price targeted for January.
Cole County commissioners on Sept. 2 received a detailed construction update on the new Cole County Juvenile Center from the project’s construction manager at-risk and the design team, who said the project is roughly 5% above the county’s $14,000,000 target but can be adjusted as documents move toward construction drawings and bidding.
The update, delivered by Mitchell Fembler, general manager with the project’s construction management team, explained the project has concluded the design development (DD) stage and is entering construction documents (CDs). “Not not alarming, but still we’re sitting about 5% up,” Fembler said, summarizing market feedback on early cost estimates.
The consultants said they distributed drawings to local market partners for courtesy pricing to validate internal estimates, a step that tends to produce conservative numbers because…
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