Legislation Details

File #: 26-1531    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Policy Status: Passed
File created: 2/19/2026 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 2/26/2026 Final action: 2/26/2026
Title: Request by the Office of the County Engineer for approval to advance Phase II of the Riverside Health and Safety Complex using a Design-Build delivery method, under which a single design-builder will be contracted to provide both design and construction services.
Primary Department: County Engineer
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV SP, County Engineer

Secondary Department: Commissioner, Precinct 1
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Rodney Ellis

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Policy

Project ID (if applicable): 24035MF36Q01
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A

MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request

Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): Choose an item.

Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the County Engineer for approval to advance Phase II of the Riverside Health and Safety Complex using a Design-Build delivery method, under which a single design-builder will be contracted to provide both design and construction services.
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Background and Discussion: The Office of the County Engineer is requesting approval of $158,000,000 for the Preliminary Investment Memo for the Riverside Health and Safety Complex, submitted at the request of Commissioner Precinct 1. The Riverside Health and Safety Complex will be occupied by Harris County Public Health and a division of the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Additionally, approval is requested for $1,500,000 in commercial paper funding for the Harris County Engineering Department for professional architecture and engineering services (UPIN 24035MF36Q01).
On March 13, 2018, Commissioners Court authorized the purchase of Riverside General Hospital located at 3204 Ennis Street, Houston, Texas 77004. The project is scheduled for completion by March 2025, after which it will proceed to the next phase: the Riverside Health & Safety Complex. The site will serve as the new headquarters for Harris County Public Health (HCPH) and the ACCESS Harris initiative, which...

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