Bids out for first One Door Polk renovations

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The City of Cedartown has opened a bidding period for the first round of remodeling at One Door Polk for the expansion of Highland Rivers into portions of the former hospital it plans to use for healthcare-related services.

Cedartown city manager Bill Fann said the remodeling project will cover some 22,000 square feet of space, and bids will be due before the four week deadline. Fann said the city will be opening bids later in the month after the April 24 deadline to see which contractor comes in as the low bidder.

Prior to that, those who submitted bids or plan to submit bids will be given an opportunity to tour the space and figure out costs.

Much of the work on the old hospital space, Fann said, will be centered around making the space work for Highland Rivers.

“It’s just odd and assorted demolition,” Fann said. “We’ll be moving a wall here and changing out a doorway there, making some of the bathrooms ADA (American’s with Disabilities Act) compliant.”

Fann said a number of the bathrooms at One Door Polk will actually be removed during the remodeling process, allowing for more service space overall compared to the previous layout of the hospital. Fann explained the need for individual patient bathrooms as part of the former hospital infrastructure won’t be needed. Their removal will help with the cost savings for utilities, since the building won’t require as much water use.

Fann said some contractors in the area have already submitted their sealed bids for the coming project – which will get underway this year – and hopes more submissions come in before the mid-April deadline.

“We want as many local general contractors to bid on the project as possible, because we’d love to keep this project local,” Fann said.

One Door Polk’s latest announced tenant, Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Adult Education Program, will require renovations as well. Fann said those will be handled once the project for Highland Rivers is completed. Until then, the Adult Education Program will remain in their building owned by the Polk School District.

The former Polk Medical Center facility on North Main Street was taken over by the City of Cedartown in 2014 following the hospital’s move to its new facility on Highway 278 at Kelly Road.

Besides Highland Rivers, Primary Healthcare remained as feature tenants of the facility.

Source: Cedartown Standard

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