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Board names Cunningham Lemp as construction manager for Project Alpha; oversight and competitive bidding model explained

Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners · August 6, 2025
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The board approved Cunningham Lemp (Cunningham Limp/Cunningham Lemb spelled in transcript) to transition from owner's representative to construction manager-at-risk for Project Alpha, with PIA serving as architect and the county building authority as the owner's representative for oversight and invoice review.

County administration and the Project Alpha team recommended selecting Cunningham Lemp as the construction manager for the next phase of Project Alpha, transitioning the firm from an owner's representative role into a construction-manager-at-risk contract. Staff described a three-layer oversight model: (1) Cunningham Lemp as construction manager with open-book contracting, (2) Partners in Architecture (PIA) as the…

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