The contract is for the construction of a parking garage at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital for the Harris County Hospital District. The project includes design and construction of a 1,460-space staff parking garage with a pre-cast concrete structure and a storm water detention system. The contract was awarded to Tellepsen Builders, L.P. with an estimated cost of $28,553,950. The contract term is from February 24, 2022, to February 2, 2024.
• The contract includes a ground level walkway from the new garage to the existing parking garage and a pedestrian pathway from the parking garage to LBJ Hospital South Entrance in Parking Lot B.
• The additional contingency is required to fund the LBJ solar panel additions to the parking garage seventh floor and LBJ pedestrian walkway canopy extension.
• The original approved contingency was $3,000,000, and an additional contingency of $1,173,000 was requested.