Beginning of the multimillion dollar renovation of the Brazos County administration building

This podcast contains comments from the November 18, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.The Monday before Thanksgiving was the start of the projected $17 million dollar renovation of the Brazos County administration building.The county's project manager, Trevor Lansdown, told commissioners during their November 18th meeting that the current public entrance will be closed, a new sidewalk will be poured leading to a new entrance, what has been an employee parking lot on the north side of the building will be accessible to the public, and affected employees will have access to the parking garage that is between the ad building and the courthouse. Completion is projected to be in the spring of 2027.Following Lansdown's update, commissioners voted 3-1 to spend $125,000 dollars to test materials being used in the project. There was a lengthy conversation following commissioner Fred Brown's opposition to the agreement. The expenditure is part of a multiyear contract that Brown said doesn't show whether this was the best price for the service. That and other comments resulted in responses from commissioner Wanda Watson, county purchasing agent Charles Wendt, and Lansdown.Click HERE to read and download the materials testing agreement that was approved at the November 18, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.