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...When approved by the building commission, the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of cost thereof shall be filed by the county auditor in his office and shall not be altered, unless such alteration is first drawn, specified, and estimated as required by law for the original plans and approved by the commission. No such change shall be made until the price to be p...

...of architects, superintendent, or other employees and the fixing of their compensation, the approval of bonds or bid guaranties, and the allowance of estimates shall be in writing and shall require for their adoption the votes of five members of the building commission, taken by yeas and nays recorded on the journal of the board of county commissioners. When signed by five members of the commission, the county audito...

...Full and accurate records of all proceedings of the building commission shall be kept by the county auditor upon the journal of the board of county commissioners. He shall carefully preserve in his office all plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of costs in detail and in the aggregate pertaining to the building.

...ounty to erect or cause to be erected a public building, or a substructure for a bridge, or an addition to or alteration thereof, before entering into any contract therefor or repair thereof or for the supply of any materials therefor, they shall cause to be made by a registered architect or registered professional engineer the following: (1) Full and accurate plans showing all necessary details of the work and mat...

...ounty commissioners from constructing a public building in stages and letting contracts from time to time for various portions of the work, so long as the total cost of construction of a project, which may include more than one building, is reasonably estimated by the board to exceed fifteen million dollars.

...When it becomes necessary to erect a bridge, the board of county commissioners shall determine the length and width of the superstructure, and whether it shall be single or double track, and it shall advertise for bids for performing the labor and furnishing the materials necessary to the erection thereof in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners may also invite, receive, and consider bids on any other plan at the option of bidders, and shall require that any such plan together with specifications shall be filed in the office of the county auditor for a period of fifteen days prior to the date for receiving bids. Such plans and specifications shall show the number of spans, the length of each, the nature, quality, and size of...

...In its advertisement, the board of county commissioners shall invite bidders to make bids for furnishing all the materials and performing all the work, or for such parts thereof as bidders deem proper, and include such other matter as is required in section 307.87 of the Revised Code.

...The plans and specifications upon which the contracts are awarded, shall be kept on file in the office of the board of county commissioners and made a part of the contract with the successful bidder. When it is necessary to alter, repair, or make an addition to a bridge, the board of county commissioners in making contracts therefor, shall conform to sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in relat...

...(A) If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications of work, and estimates of the cost thereof in detail and in the aggregate, required in sections 153.31 to 153.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code, relate to the building of a courthouse or jail, or an addition to or alteration, repair, or improvement thereof, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners. If the estimated...

...If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications 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 part...

...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...

...e department of transportation, for any public improvement shall file with the bid, a bid guaranty in the form of either: (1) A bond in accordance with division (B) of this section for the full amount of the bid; (2) A certified check, cashier's check, or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305. of the Revised Code, in accordance with division (C) of this section. Any such letter of credit is revocable only a...

...urposes of calculating the amount of a public improvement project to determine whether it is subject to section 153.01 of the Revised Code, no officer, board, or other authority of the state or any institution supported by the state shall subdivide a public improvement project into component parts or separate projects in order to avoid the threshold of that section, unless the component parts or separate projec...