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County engineer says jail construction is behind schedule; contractor given five-day recovery notice
Summary
Marshall County project manager reported multiple schedule delays and coordination failures on the new jail, saying the county has issued the contractor a letter requiring a recovery schedule within five days or payments will be withheld.
The Marshall County project manager reported the county’s jail construction is behind schedule and that county staff have issued the contractor a formal notice requiring a recovery schedule within five days.
"I just wanted to let everyone know that we are behind, but we're taking steps to recover our schedule," said the project manager (S5), who outlined steel delivery and crane-size issues, a damaged detention-frame shipment, and multiple pockets of noncompliant subcontract work that forced demolition and rework.
S5 told the commission that the project has seen staggered delays across contract…
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