Construction of the Brazos County medical examiner's office is at least 89 days behind schedule

This podcast contains comments from the September 23, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.Construction of Brazos County's medical examiner's office is at least three months behind schedule.Commissioners at this week's meeting (September 23) unanimously extended the contract with the general contractor by 89 days and at a cost of $168,000 dollars.The county's project manager, Trevor Lansdown, said it was their fault for letting construction start before having a consultant review design documents.Click HERE to read and download background information about giving the general contractor an additional 89 days.Click HERE to read and download the change order giving the general contractor 89 more days.That was followed by a three to two vote to spend an additional $156,000 dollars to do daily inspections of the construction during the additional 89 day period.Click HERE to read and download background information about the additional inspections.Click HERE to read and download the contract amendment to add daily inspections.Commissioner Fred Brown voted against the county paying the additional inspection charge because he said that should be paid by the general contractor. Joining Brown in voting no was Bentley Nettles.