The Project's Advocate: How an Owner's Representative Steered the Leon County Courthouse Build.
The Leon County Court House Project. This project was a $25 million GMP (Guarantee Maximum Price) Contract between Leon County, Florida, and the Construction Manager I was working for in the late 80's. A Dispute arose on this project in the Atrium area of the Courthouse. Marble Atrium As you see in the figure, the 2nd-floor opening for the Atrium was offset 10’ to the right. All of the other floors were in line with the first floor. That is how it was shown on the structural drawings. The Concrete Trade built the structure by these drawings. What needed to happen was that the concrete floor at the 2 nd floor would have to be saw-cut back so that it would be in alignment with all the other floors. Change Proposal from the Con...