The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-28
final PAYMENT IS
MADE ON new STATE
CAPITOL BUILDING
$56,0 600 Check to Lundoff-
BicknelI Marks Completion
OF Project
0sT Is $1,eo4, 4ee.26
HAsa$p A%AsS~ 0pA&3A Hask whAsa
COST Is $1,ee4, 4ss.2t
Contractors Profit Cut When
Expense Went s., 900 Over
Amount Allowed

Amount Allowed
North Dakotans owned their new
capitol building Saturday, final pay
ment Of $56,000 having been made on
the cost Of construction last Thurs
day. A final check-up placed the
total cost at 81 ,o84, 488.26.
A check for $4,000 was handed to
Warren Bicknell, IT,, and George
Wagner, construction superintendent
for the Lundoff -Bicknell company.
upon completion Of the work. There
upon the last Of the big organization
brought here to construct the building
left for their homes,
r. NJ. Rishworth, chairman Of the
capitol building commission, said the
building cost about 5000 more than
the maximum agreed upon, after III
lowance had been made by the con-
tractor for reductions In the cost Of
certain items made possible by alter
ations.
Under the original contract q max
imum agreed cost was fixed. II the
cost Of the building went beyond that
figure the contractors were to bear
the additional expense. II the cost
was under the figure the state and
the contractors were to divide the say.
ings, % per cent to the state and a
per cent to the contractor.
But there were no savings, the cost
running over the estimate and there
BY reducing the contractors profit
on the Job by the amount Of the ex-
cess.
Among others Who have been dis
charged from responsibility for the
building are George M. Kandzie. rep
resenting Holabird and Root, archi-
tects. who also has left Bismarck.
Hav- Use for Money
Despite the fact that the cost ex.
ceeded the amount agreed upon
money remains in the capitol fund
Rishworth estimated 1t will be $4,000
when final accounting is had, and
the board Is spending 1t on weather
stripping for the structure, upon com.
pleting the paving under the porte
cochere, and in constructing q steam
main between the heating plant in
the new building and the World War
Memorial building. These were items
Rishworth said, which were not in
cluded In the contract but which must
be completed before the project can
function efficiently.
In order to complete this work and
to wind up other details Of the bust
ness, the capitol commission will con-
tinue to function q such until q later
date, probably sometime next winter
1T which time 1t viii 60 out ef exist
ence and turn the building over to
the state board OF administration
which has the same personnel Is the
capitol commission.
II trouble develops In connection
with the structure. the board Of ad-
ministration would be In e. good 4
position - the capitol commission ],
collect on the guaranty bonds. since
they are made to the state.
The guarantee on most parts Of the
building = for 10 months but that on
the ornamental cabinet work in some
Of the state offices Is for three years
Direct supervision OF the building
has been turned over to Ed. NJ. Nelson
Of jamestown, who was inspector foa
the capitol commission during much
Of the construction, and he has moved
his family here.
Present Contract Set-Up
In recommending the building for
acceptance from the builders on July
II, the architects made the following
set-up on the Lundoff -Bicknell con-
tract:
Original guaranteed
maximum cost ....... ~ ,4l2.775.00
Less net credits
(for changes) ......... los ,l6o. 81
Final guaranteed maxi
mum cost ............. 1907, 606.1o
Actual cost, exclusive
OF ice. ................ lyUl ,00o.61
Earned fee 81 per cent
Of maximum cost ...... l5,766.18
Actual Job cost. includ-
Ing tee ................ l,3l7,432.O0
Final guaranteed MAXI
mum cost ............. 1,3O7, 6O6.l0
Excess beyond guaranteed
maximum cost ......... o,626.A
(sBecause Of the nature Of the con-
tract, which was on . cost-pluS plan
with limit on expenditures, the con-
tractor listed the profit he expected
TO make 9 Z Tee for his services,
This Is the fee referred to by the
architects.)
An audit Of the capitol commission
made BY Lester 3. Diehl . Of June
-. placed the total cost. Of the COM
pleted structure q u .oel. ls01A In
Guiding estimates for thu items lefl
unpaid q that time. This le1t til
balance II the capitol fund q approx
imately u.s. 800, With only Z few *
penditures still 70 b made under thu
building contract.