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Durham County approves contract for detention center boiler design after staff report on aging systems
Summary
As part of the consent agenda, commissioners approved an allocation of $149,758 for design and construction management related to replacement and resizing of boilers at the county detention center; staff described the boilers as 30 years old and part of an aging, continuously operating facility.
Durham County commissioners approved, as part of the consent agenda, a contract worth $149,758 to provide design and construction management services for replacement and resizing of steam boilers at the county detention center.
Assistant Director for General Services Sean Sotaka told the board the boilers are roughly 30 years old and were not included in a 2012 performance contract that upgraded much of the jail's HVAC equipment. He said one boiler has broken beyond repair and that the county plans to "resize the boilers" to match…
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