A Lewiston firm has been contracted by Nez Perce County commissioners to oversee construction of a new county courthouse.
According to the Lewiston Tribune, the Kenaston-Leone & Keeble Group will be paid just over $89,000 to manage pre-construction details including working with architects and engineers as the planning and design work is finalized, and then receive a construction management fee of 4.6% of what is estimated to be a $55 million project.
There will be a 15% charge for any change orders but changes that total more than $50,000 will have to go out for bid and Kenaston-Leone & Keeble will be paid a 4.6% fee based on the cost of the winning bid.
The design of the building and its financing are still being finalized. The three-story, 86,000-square-foot building will sit along Lewiston’s Main Street between 12th and 13th streets, the location of the current courthouse. The old building will continue to be used during the 18 to 24 months the new courthouse is being built, but it will be razed upon completion and converted to parking. The adjacent building, which until recently housed the county’s prosecutor’s office, will be demolished during construction.
The project will also include a building west of 12th Street and between Main and F streets that will house the county’s driver’s and motor vehicle licensing offices. (Lewiston Tribune)
