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Lakeland facilities director details concrete failures, board debates CMGC approach for $20M projects

Lakeland Joint School District Board of Trustees · November 20, 2025
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Facilities director described faulty concrete work and a withheld payment; trustees debated hiring a construction manager/general contractor for $20 million in modernization projects but tabled the request pending further review.

Facilities director Tim Hague told trustees the district has identified crown and drainage problems on a recent concrete pour at the John Brown building and is bringing on a new concrete subcontractor to correct punch-list items. Hague said the contractor relationship is being managed and the district is withholding approximately $150,000 of contract payments and retention pending satisfactory completion of corrective work.

"The original pour is crowned and water goes towards the…

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