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District withholds payment and issues punch list after widespread concrete defects at multiple schools

LAKELAND DISTRICT Board of Trustees · October 17, 2025
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Facilities staff detailed extensive concrete defects across several projects, said the district is withholding roughly 20% of final payment to the contractor, is applying liquidated damages, and plans winter safety measures with permanent repairs next spring.

Tim Hague, the district's facilities director, gave a detailed account of construction-quality issues on recent concrete work performed under a contract with WM Welch and subcontractor Summit Concrete. Hague said the district, working with Architects West and WM Welch, has identified numerous deficiencies including hand-carved ADA lines, a 6- to 8-inch lip creating a trip hazard at Spirit Lake stairs, cracking…

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