New completion date set for Woodbury County LEC
During Tuesday afternoon's LEC Authority meeting, the Baker Group and Goldman Group architects agreed that they believe the project can be finished by the end of February. However, officials say that all depends on warranty items and a couple of big ticketed items, including the missing seismic bracing in the jail.
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At the time of a recent call between Baker Group, Goldman Group, and Hausmann Construction, there were less than 10 locations where the bracing was missing.
'So before 11 o'clock [Tuesday] morning, Hausmann did provide us with a map to show us these locations,' Shane Albrecht with the Baker Group said. 'There's 13 of them, not less than 10, okay. And they range anywhere from a pod in the jail to possibly booking and intake to offices in the county attorney's space.'
The Baker Group says there's 184 items on a warranty list, with 150 of them completed. Only four items have been added since the last update.
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