At an Oklahoma County infrastructure meeting (posting shown 2025-11-21), the owner's representative (Speaker 3) gave progress reports on several ARPA-funded construction projects, saying work is moving but some timelines and structural conditions have changed.

The owner's representative said construction on the annex elevator package will resume the first week of December and that abatement is wrapping up. Metro 1 and Metro 2 elevators are expected to reach final inspections in the first week of December, and work on the ICB elevators is slated to begin around Dec. 15. "Good news is we're resuming construction for the annex first week in December," Speaker 3 said.

Schedule changes were flagged elsewhere: Speaker 1 observed that the 5th Floor completion had been moved to March. The owner's representative said the court-clerk social-distancing finishes are progressing, with a completion date of March 22, and that annex front-entrance security work has resumed after abatement with a hoped-for February wrap-up. Speaker 3 described ongoing exterior sidewalk work and mechanical rough-ins at the annex.

On the behavioral health services facility, Speaker 3 reported structural steel and roof decking are in place, interior framing is underway and overhead mechanical and storm-drain piping rough-ins have started in Pod 3. He cautioned, however, that recent weather "will hamper" work and could cause delays.

During a second session focused on PBA ARPA projects, the owner's representative reported punch-list work on the sheriff's side of the building (areas A, B and C). He said some interior deliveries — lockers, appliances and signage — face delays that will likely push some installation past Dec. 31, though the representative said the county expects to have installations wrapped up by January.

Speaker 3 also reported that recent test results on columns in the ICB remodel are "not looking favorable as far as being able to maintain them the way they are," and that the data have been forwarded to engineers for further review. He said potential solutions under discussion include adding structural steel; no cost estimates for additional testing or structural work were provided. "We just need for them to look a little further into it," Speaker 3 said.

Board members pressed staff on next steps and costs. Speaker 2 said he was "open minded" to additional testing if it would be helpful but warned that extra testing or structural steel could increase expenses; no additional cost figures were available in the transcript.

The board received the owner's representative reports for both the general ARPA projects and the PBA ARPA projects by motion and apparent vote recorded as 'Aye' in the transcript. The transcript does not list roll-call vote-by-name for those motions.

What's next: engineers will review the ICB column data and report back; staff will continue punch-list and finish work and monitor weather-related delays for the behavioral health facility and annex work.