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Airport project costs rise after crews find embedded electrical infrastructure; county to relocate equipment off AOC wall
Summary
Pitkin County staff reported a substantial cost increase to an airport AOC wall renovation after crews found complex electrical and utility infrastructure attached to the wall. Interim county management described a $267,000 increase to avoid repeated future relocations of assets and to move utility equipment away from the wall.
Pitkin County officials told commissioners on March 11 that a previously budgeted exterior wall renovation at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (AOC) has encountered unexpected complexity and a substantial cost increase.
Interim deputy county manager Rich Inglehart said contractors found that electrical service, communications and other utility equipment were attached to the wall the county planned to replace. The…
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