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...ifications of work and estimates of the cost thereof relate to the building, addition to, or alteration of a county home, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners. If approved by a majority of the board, a copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of the board of county commissioners and kept for the inspection and use of parties interested.

...If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates relate to the building of a bridge, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of county engineer and kept for the inspection of parties interested.

... erecting, repairing, or altering other public buildings.

...Before work is done or material furnished, all contracts that exceed twenty thousand dollars in amount shall be submitted by the board of county commissioners to the prosecuting attorney of the county. If found to be in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and a certificate to that effect is indorsed thereon by the prosecuting attorney, such contracts shall have full effect, othe...

...If a contractor fails or refuses to proceed with the work specified in his contract in accordance with the plans, descriptions, and specifications attached to and made part thereof, the board of county commissioners may annul such contract, and shall proceed to make another contract for the completion thereof, in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...The county treasurer shall pay the warrants drawn for materials and labor furnished on county contracts pursuant to estimates prepared under section 153.14 of the Revised Code, place them on file, and keep a register of the names of the persons to whom they are paid.

...ns constructing and managing an entire public improvement project, including the branches or classes of work specified in division (B) of this section, under the award of a single aggregate lump sum contract. (6) "General contracting firm" means a person capable of performing general contracting. (B) Except for contracts made with a construction manager at risk, with a design-build firm, or with a general cont...

...(A) A public authority may accept a subcontract awarded by a construction manager at risk, a design-build firm, or a general contracting firm, or may reject any such subcontract if the public authority determines that the bidder is not responsible. (B) A public authority may authorize a construction manager at risk or design-build firm to utilize a design-assist firm on any public improvement project without ...

...hall be subject to the approval of the public authority involved in the project and shall be consistent with the rules adopted by the Ohio facilities construction commission pursuant to section 153.503 of the Revised Code. (B) For each subcontract to be awarded, the construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall identify at least three prospective bidders that are prequalified to bid on that subcont...

...the contract documents to be used by a public authority when entering into a contract with a construction manager at risk or design-build firm.

... bids in the aggregate. (B)(1) If the public authority awards a single, aggregate contract for the entire project pursuant to division (A) of this section, the award shall be made to the bidder who is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or the lowest and best bidder, as applicable, as specified in section 153.52 of the Revised Code. (2) The public authority may assign all or any portion of its intere...

...ials therefor, shall be awarded by the public authority referred to in section 153.50 of the Revised Code, in its discretion, to the lowest responsive and responsible separate bidder therefor, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code in the case of any public authority of the state or any public institution belonging thereto, and to the lowest and best separate bidder in the case of a county, townsh...

...(A) As used in this section, "rate of inflation" has the same meaning as in section 107.032 of the Revised Code. (B) Five years after September 29, 2011, and every five years thereafter, the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission shall evaluate the monetary threshold specified in section 153.01 of the Revised Code and adopt rules adjusting that amount based on the average rate of in...

...er cent of the amount of the bid or the costs in connection with the resubmission of printing new contract documents, required advertising, and printing and mailing notices to prospective bidders, whichever is less. (2) Indemnify the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency against all damage suffered by failure to perform the contract according to its provisions and in accordance with the pl...

...ollowing expenses shall be included as costs of the project: (1) Professional fees and expenses for services associated with the preparation of plans; (2) Permit costs, testing costs, and other fees associated with the work; (3) Project construction costs; (4) A contingency reserve fund.

...plier supplying labor or materials that cost more than thirty thousand dollars, who is not in direct privity of contract with the principal contractor or design-build firm for the public improvement, shall serve a notice of furnishing upon the principal contractor or design-build firm in the form provided in section 1311.261 of the Revised Code. (D) A subcontractor or materials supplier who serves a notice of ...

...(A) The bond provided for in division (C)(1) of section 153.54 of the Revised Code shall be in substantially the following form, and recovery of any claimant thereunder shall be subject to sections 153.01 to 153.60 of the Revised Code, to the same extent as if the provisions of those sections were fully incorporated in the bond form: "KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned _____________________...

...the amount specified in the bid, or the costs, in connection with the resubmission, of printing new contract documents, required advertising, and printing and mailing notices to prospective bidders, whichever is less, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect; if the obligee accepts the bid of the principal and the principal within ten days after the awarding of the con...

...No officers shall violate sections 153.01 to 153.57, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...nd 153.591 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public works contract" means any contract awarded by a contracting authority for the construction, engineering, alteration, or repair of any public building, public highway, or other public work. (B) "Contracting authority" means the state, any township, county, municipal corporation, school board, or other governmental entity empowered to award a public works contract, a...

...struction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the state shall contain provisions by which the contractor agrees to both of the following: (A) That, in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under the contract or any subcontract, no contractor, subcontractor, or any person acting on a contractor's or subcontractor's behalf, by reason of race, creed, sex, disability or militar...

... organization shall be void as against public policy and unenforceable with respect to employment under any public works contract unless at the date of execution of the hiring hall contract or agreement, or within thirty days thereafter, the labor organization has in effect procedures for referring qualified employees for hire without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, military status as defined...

...The contract referred to in section 153.59 of the Revised Code shall provide as a forfeiture for any breach of the provisions against discrimination: (A) That there shall be deducted from the amount payable to the contractor by the state or by any township, county, or municipal corporation thereof, under this contract, a forfeiture of twenty-five dollars for each person who is discriminated against or intimidated in...

... apportionment among the parties of the cost of jointly constructing, acquiring, or improving such work, building, or improvement and of jointly managing, maintaining, and repairing it. Each party to such an agreement may issue securities for its portion of the cost of such construction, acquisition, or improvement if Chapter 133. or other provisions of the Revised Code would authorize the issuance of such securitie...

...e undertaken and authorizing additional cost to the contractor, which shall not invalidate the contract. The cost of such a change order to the awarding agency shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the contract for change orders or force accounts or, if no such provision is set forth in the contract, then the cost to the awarding agency shall be the contractor's actual costs including wages, labor ...