Lydig Construction Winner Of SCORE Jail Construction, Scheduled To Start This Month
According to the South Correctional Entity Multijurisdictional Misdemeanant (SCORE) website, Lydig Construction is the low bidder for construction of the new jail, which will be built in Des Moines beginning this month.
According to the press release, the new jail will “…bring a cost-effective misdemeanor corrections facility to partnering cities of Auburn, Burien, Des Moines, Federal Way, Renton, SeaTac and Tukwila.”
Lydig’s bid was for a construction cost of $62,000 per bed, which apparently is half the cost of other jails planned in the Northwest. Further savings in operation costs are expected through design solutions, enabling a six-to-one staffing ratio using a combination of direct and indirect supervision methods.
According to their website, Lydig Construction was founded and incorporated in 1956, and has grown from a 4-person organization into a multi-million dollar construction service provider. They have offices in Bellevue and Spokane, and Lydig has built eight different justice-related projects, including:
- Northwest Detention Center
- Green Hill School
- Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
- Franklin County Courthouse
- Wenatchee Police Station
- Washington State Patrol Crime Lab
- Washington State Penitentiary Warehouse
- National Guard Readiness Center
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While it is good to hear that the project is progressing, it is unfortunate that the building inspectors working on the project are not certified commercial (by the building code people) inspectors.
It is a very complex project. Doesn’t the project at least deserve inspectors trained in commercial inspection?
Ummm…..Can I have some of what you are smoking?? The entire inspection and review staff are certified commercial inspectors. You used to work there. You should know that.
The inspector to be hired back (per the city manager) to work on the project is certified as a residential inspector only, but yes the current staff is all certified and I stand corrected.
It is truly refreshing to find, even a former city empoyee, a person who will admit to an error in or a lapse of memory. Greg Fox, where were you when we needed an additional honest council member?