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August 28, 2015

Lydig bids low on $43M Skagit County Jail

By JOURNAL STAFF

Image from DLR Group [enlarge]

Lydig Construction submitted the low bid for the new 400-bed Skagit County jail at Old Highway 99 South and Suzanne Lane in Mount Vernon.

Lydig's base bid of $40.1 million beat four other contractors and was below the engineer's estimate of $43 million. With 12 alternates added, Lydig's bid of $41.8 million was still the lowest.

The largest alternates in the bid are for 136 cameras, a water management system and an antenna system.

Skagit County expects to award a contract in about two weeks. Other bidders were Dawson Construction, Fisher Construction Group, Forma Construction and Walsh Construction.

Construction is expected to start in early October and finish in spring 2017.

The 100,000-square-foot complex will have space for offices, a medical clinic, food service, inmate programs and a courtroom. DLR Group designed the jail to be expandable to 800 beds.

Wyser Construction is cleaning up the 10.4-acre site that formerly housed a gas station and restaurant. Wyser's original contract was for $205,000.


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