Kootenai County justice building nears completion; commissioners direct interior blinds, note ADA and inspection costs

David Mendez, a construction consultant, told the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners on May 6 that the new justice building is largely on schedule, with upper floors nearing punch-list completion but several fit-and-finish issues and additional inspection costs remaining.

Mendez, identified in the meeting as "David Mendez with Turner and Townsend and Erie," said the project’s third floor (labeled Third Floor where a lower level exists) is essentially finished, the second and first floors are slightly behind, and the bottom floor is completing ceiling tiles, inspections and painting. He reported recent work including paving the sally port and asphalt approaches and early landscaping.

Why it matters: The board was asked to approve modest scope-management choices and a funding decision for window privacy treatments that will be paid from the project's furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) budget rather than as a construction…