CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The contract for a portion of the renovation project for the Kanawha County Judicial Annex Building has been awarded to Pray Construction.

This portion of the project, which is described as “phase 2,” is a remodel of the first floor. The first floor is in need of updated security and more room for the three new magistrate judges and circuit judge that were brought in at the beginning of the year.

The low bid for the first-floor portion of the project came in at $8,146,953 a couple weeks ago.

The building’s renovation project was originally not broken into two parts, but original the low bid came in at $16 million, which was $3 million more than the commission wanted to spend. After a negotiation phase with the low bidder to cut down the price did not get far off the

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