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State Designer Selection Board shortlists three firms to design Large Lakes Observatory
Summary
The board voted June 18 to interview three teams—Firm A, Firm C and Firm F—for Project 2604 (Large Lakes Observatory at UMD). The board set 20 minutes for presentations and 20 minutes for Q&A and scheduled interviews for July 2.
The State Designer Selection Board voted June 18 to shortlist three firms for Project 2604, the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) project tied to the University of Minnesota.
Sarah Rothholz Wyner moved the shortlist motion, and the board adopted a three‑firm shortlist with a 20‑minute presentation and 20‑minute Q&A format. Kenya Cooper, reading the vote tallies, announced: "By the way of this vote, firms a, c, and f were selected to be interviewed." The chair said the board will hold interviews on July 2.
Board members described the selection as the product of close reading of proposals and internal debate over which teams best combined lab‑planning expertise with waterfront and marine engineering experience. Votes by firm letter produced the following tallies announced by staff: Firm A — 6 votes; Firm C — 5 votes; Firm F — 5 votes. Firms B, D, G, H, I and J each received no votes; Firm E received 2 votes.
Next steps: the three shortlisted firms will be invited to interview on July 2 under the 20/20 format the board adopted. The board also noted upcoming officer elections at its next meeting.
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