County of building: Gasconade County
Location o building: MO-28 , just W. of 7th St., Owensville
Built 2021
Phone: (non-911): (573) 437-7770
This department has 8 officers and a city marshal (elected), they currently are in the old city hall on N. 2nd St. Since they have not moved into the building I will provide two newspaper articles confirming the use of this structure
"Lawlor Corporation, a St. Louis based construction company, will build the new Owensville police station for $1,122,900.
"Lawlor was awarded the low bid to specification Monday by Owensville’s Board of Aldermen on a unanimous, 4-0 vote.
"There was only $163,010 difference between the low bidder to specifications and the high bidder. Only $27,580 separated the two lowest bidders. And the second and third lowest bidders were separated by only $430.
"Travis Hernandez, the city’s contracted engineer with Archer-Elgin, said a co-worker with the firm had checked references and Lawlor’s work history was well documented and respected.
"Mayor John Kamler noted the firm has constructed quite a few medical buildings in the St. Louis region. The firm was one of eight to pick up bid packets and seven to actually submit a complete bid.
"The bids in order of low to high were:
• Lawlor Corporation: $1,122,990
• Franklin County Construction, LLC.: $1,150,570
• Cahills Construction, Inc.: $1,151,000
• Bales Construction: $1,168,800
• Little Dixie Construction: $1,214,707
• Thomas Construction, Co.: $1,245,000
• Hankins Construction: $1,286,000
"Hernandez noted Lawlor used quite a few local subcontractors on their projects.
"City public works employees are doing site work including preparing the parking lot and roadway bases along with excavation and establishing the base for the building. City workers are also installing water and sewer lines into the building site. A stormwater retention pond to facilitate site drainage was created by city employees which drains under the commuter parking lot into the Highway 28 ditch.
"The building site is between Highway 28 and West Franklin." ~ Gasconade County Republican, By Dave Marner, July 8, 2020
"Owensville elected officials toured the city’s new police station as a group Monday to prepare a “punch list” of items they want corrected before taking ownership of the $1.122 million facility.
"While the building is essentially completed, several issues remain to be resolved with the general contract, Lawlor Construction. Pending are several change orders listed as “out of contract” on a May 3 report from the city’s engineer which are expected to add to the final price tag.
"City Administrator Randy Blaske, who toured the building with the elected officials, said this past week there are up $90,718 worth of pending charges which are being negotiated between the contractor and Archer-Elgin, the city’s contracted engineering firm.
"The city has approved $11,244.23 worth of changes throughout the contract period which began in September 2020.
"Among those changes were $3,600 for using two colors of blocks on the exterior, $2,005.91 for soffit lighting, $3,249.67 for a transfer switch, $1,533.18 for additional costs to rough-in data cables, and $855 for staining wooden doors.
"The city has also approved $7,348 for the installation of additional data cable, and $1,550 for a flag pole for a total of $20,122.23 in outside of contract costs.
"Still pending is a potential nearly $45,000 to install keyless entry security controls on doorways throughout the building. As of May 3, the city’s engineer was waiting on a second quote for the work.
"The project will also require a foundation for the antenna being placed beside the east side of the building and a generator for the emergency management director’s office which is attached by closed off from the main building. Prices were not available in the report to the board at their meeting earlier this month and no updates were provided when aldermen convened Monday.
"The city and its engineering firm are also in negotiations with the contractor on a request for up to $26,690 in additional costs due to increased pricing on lumber due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The city is disputing the additional cost, said Blaske, citing the original bid cost of the project.
"That would translate into $92,042.75 in costs added to the project through change orders with costs for the generator still pending.
"May 7 was the date listed for substantial completion.
"Blaske said it could be several weeks before the police are able to move in depending on how long it takes for the contractor to complete the punch list which was said to be “several pages” long.
"Along with the keyless entry assemblies needing to be installed, windows on interior doors still needed to be installed in several locations. Delivery of the reinforced glass was expected to be one to two weeks away as of a May 3 memo to the city from their engineer." ~ Gasconade County Republican, By Dave Marner, May 12, 2021