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West Geauga board reviews two design‑build proposals for campus water treatment and maintenance garage; Osborne to finish design criteria
Summary
Board heard Osborne Engineering’s comparison of two design‑build proposals for a new water treatment plant and maintenance garage: Cold Harbor/RE Warner (fewer exclusions, higher confidence) and Higley (lower initial price, more exclusions). Board authorized Osborne design criteria and bid advertising ahead of a February vote.
The West Geauga Local School District Board of Education spent its Jan. 27 special meeting reviewing two design‑build proposals for a combined water treatment plant and maintenance garage that would serve the district campus, including the middle school, high school and Jug County Library.
Osborne Engineering, serving as the district’s criteria architect and owner's representative, presented a side‑by‑side analysis of the teams. Scott Vura, executive vice president and principal of infrastructure at Osborne Engineering, told the board the Cold Harbor team, with design partner RE Warner, submitted a proposal with no exclusions and included allowances and contingency lines. "They self‑perform the process piping and come with 3‑D piping models to demonstrate constructability," Vura said, a factor Osborne counted as…
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