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Engineer recommends rejecting design-build low bid for culvert project; committee preserves options
Summary
County engineering staff recommended the committee not award a $1.4 million design-build low bid for a 30-foot buried structure on Stonecoring/Graham, citing an $1.1M engineer estimate and unfamiliarity with the new design-build method; staff proposed completing a phase‑2 consultant design (under $70,000) and rebidding as a traditional design‑bid‑build.
County engineering staff told the finance committee that bids for the Stonecoring–Graham buried-structure replacement came back higher than expected and recommended the committee not award the design‑build contract to the low bidder, DPI Construction.
Justin Crowell (public works/engineering) said his engineers escalated estimate was about $1.1…
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