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Douglas County approves $5.14 million contract amendment to finish Public Safety Building main level
Summary
The Board of Douglas County Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve a contract amendment and guaranteed maximum price with JE Dunn to finish the main level of the Public Safety Building Phase 2, citing construction-cost pressures from tariffs and market escalation.
The Board of Douglas County Commissioners on Aug. 13 approved Contract Amendment No. 2 and a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) with contractor JE Dunn to finish the main level of the Douglas County Public Safety Building Phase 2.
Commissioners voted unanimously, 5-0, to accept the GMP for the added phase 2 scope. Commissioner Reed moved to approve the contract amendment as read into the record and the motion was seconded; the motion passed without further roll-call detail in the meeting minutes.
The approved construction amount in the motion was $5,144,722 for the phase 2 added scope. County staff and JE Dunn representatives told the commission the construction estimate previously shown to the board was roughly $5.1 million and that the project team identified roughly $600,000 in cost reductions during recent value-engineering and pricing work.
Why it matters: The additional finish work covers about 12,000 square feet of previously shelled main-level space intended for sheriff and…
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