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Commission approves bid for final phase of Eastern Iowa Airport modernization

$59.5 million bid from Rinderknecht nearly $6 million below estimated project cost
By: Richard Pratt|December 19, 2022
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    One of the main features of the Eastern Iowa Airport's modernization project will be an expanded concourse, as shown above, with four new jetways. The end of the current concourse is visible as the high, square roof in the middle of this rendering. RENDERING CREDIT MEAD & HUNT ARCHITECTS

    The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission voted Dec. 19 to award a contract for the fourth phase of the Eastern Iowa Airport’s modernization project, approving a bid nearly $6 million below the project’s original estimated cost.

    The commission voted unanimously on a resolution awarding the project to Rinderknecht Construction of Cedar Rapids. Their bid of just under $59.5 million was well under the engineer’s probable cost estimate of just under $65.3…

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