County reports Q3 progress on medical–mental health building and other capital projects

Collin County's building-projects director presented a third-quarter update on bond- and ARPA-funded capital projects, reporting progress on the Medical Mental Health Phase 2 building, a healthcare/medical-examiner parking garage, a modular central utility plant and early design work for courthouse expansion and animal shelter projects.

Sandeep Katuria, director of building projects, told the Commissioners Court the Medical Mental Health Phase 2 work has concrete and steel phases near completion and that the contractor "is doing a commendable job in maintaining schedule, quality and communication on this project." Katuria said that four weather days affected the quarter and that the project recorded five change orders this quarter totaling about $401,000.

Katuria said the healthcare/medical-examiner parking garage was about 40 percent complete and reported six weather days and four change orders this quarter, with quarterly change-order costs of approximately $463,000 and cumulative change orders totaling roughly $1,065,000, or about 1.72 percent of the contract amount. The modular central utility plant was reported at about 69 percent complete, with the modular unit scheduled to ship in August and substantial completion…