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Commissioners approve $550,000 change order to accelerate jail air-handler repairs
Summary
Nueces County approved Change Order No. 5 — about $550,000 funded from capital-project interest earnings — to store and install temporary and permanent air-handler units at the county jail after multiple units began failing. County staff said temporary units have already been delivered and installation will begin the week after the holiday.
NUECES COUNTY — County public works and contractor representatives told commissioners on May 24 that several air-handler units in the county jail were failing and that the fastest remedy would be a change order to install temporary units and complete permanent replacements.
Public Works and the contractor presented Change Order No. 5, which included the cost of storing temporary units in a connex container ready for rapid installation,…
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