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Council awards reverse osmosis water treatment plant contract to low bidder; total estimated project cost falls below budget
Summary
The Lamar City Council voted to award the reverse osmosis water treatment plant contract to the low bidder, Hughendorn Construction of Canton, S.D., for $20,390,000. Council and the engineer said competitive bidding and local funding lowered the expected overall cost to about $27 million, under the original $35 million estimate.
The Lamar City Council voted Tuesday to award the contract for a new reverse osmosis water treatment plant to the low bidder, Hughendorn Construction of Canton, S.D., and heard a summary of bids and cost estimates from the project engineer.
Mike Washburn of McLaren Engineering in Sioux City told the council that five bids were received for the water treatment plant and that Hughendorn Construction submitted the low bid of $20,390,000. Washburn said the engineer’s estimate had been $26,950,000 and described…
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