Another try at courthouse, Peyton recommends new proposal

[thelakelander]

By Charlie Patton, The Times-Union

Mayor John Peyton is recommending that the contract to design and build the new Duval County Courthouse go to a group led by Turner Construction Co., mayoral spokeswoman Susie Wiles said Tuesday. Turner narrowly lost out on the job last August.

The Turner proposal must still be approved by a committee that includes city officials and representatives of the court system, Wiles said. Representatives of Turner's group, which includes Technical Construction Services Group and KBJ Architects, will meet with the committee July 19.

Last August, the city awarded the contract to a joint venture of The Auchter Co. and Perry-McCall Construction Inc., in partnership with Rink Design Partnership Inc. and DLR Group.

But after Auchter ran into financial problems and merged with Perry-McCall, the city's chief deputy counsel wrote a legal opinion that the merged company "had not engaged in the competitive process" and was therefore no longer qualified for the contract. Cindy Laquidara told the city it could either reopen bidding or it could award the contract to the Turner group.

full article:http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/071107/met_183632108.shtml

[Lunican]

Find a big empty building, set it up as a courthouse, sell the land, and be done with it.

This has been a giant waste of time and money.

[fsujax]

When are we going to see a rendering?

[thelakelander]

If they don't have a design/build team already put together, then they can't be that far along.  So don't be suprised to see a couple of weeks/months pass before something comes out.

[Steve]

This reminds me of a toddler trying to climb a staircase.

[thelakelander]

What's the deal with the Jax Daily Record article?

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=47985

Online, there's a rendering, but no text.  However, that site doesn't appear to exist in Jax.

[thelakelander]

nevermind, its a rendering from a building in New Jersey.