SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO — The guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for the planned new men’s prison is about $825 million, South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) officials and representatives of two construction groups told state lawmakers Thursday.
Vance McMillan, the vice president of JE Dunn Construction, said the GMP includes a $1,003 cost per square foot for construction. JE Dunn is the construction manager for the planned project.
The DOC presented an update on the planned men’s prison during Thursday’s legislative Joint Committee on Appropriations meeting. The prison would have capacity for 1,500 inmates and would be built between Harrisburg and Canton in Lincoln County…