Memorial bids come in $1 million under county estimates.
Franklin County will spend about $1 million less than officials estimated to knock down Veterans Memorial.
County building officials have recommended that the county commissioners approve a contract with S.G. Loewendick & Sons, of Grove City, to demolish Veterans Memorial and prepare the site for the construction of the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum, which will replace it. The commissioners will vote on the contract this morning.
Loewendick’s bid for the work came in at almost $1 million less than the about $1.85 million the county expected to spend on the demolition, but it was not the lowest bid. Lowendick said it would cost $897,000 to do the job.
The lowest of the 12 bids the county received came from a company called Homrich, located outside of Detroit, for $673,000. But county officials found several problems with Homrich’s bid, including that it did not account for all the elements of the demolition and did not define a timeline and completion date for the work, according to a letter the county sent the company.
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