Central Intake & Assessment Center / Jail Construction Change Orders
Macomb County
Summary
The committees recommended nearly $1.7 million in contracts to furnish and equip the new Central Intake & Assessment Center, plus a security systems change order. The project remains on budget.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 8
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 22, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $1.7 million in new contracts, all within the existing CIAC project budget.
The sheriff's office and residents going through the county's intake and assessment system.
If the allegations hold, the county faces liability and safety risk at a 24/7 detention facility.
Mentions & discussions (8)
Board of Commissioners - Full Board - Oct 22, 2026
The board approved millions in contracts to furnish and equip the county's new Central Intake & Assessment Center, a major piece of the jail/community services campus.
Board of Commissioners - Joint Finance/Audit/Budget and Internal Services Committees - Oct 6, 2026
The committees recommended nearly $1.7 million in contracts to furnish and equip the new Central Intake & Assessment Center, plus a security systems change order. The project remains on budget.
Board of Commissioners - Joint Finance/Audit/Budget and Internal Services Committees - Aug 10, 2026
The county's new intake and assessment facility is on time and under budget, with construction moving through mechanical, electrical and finishing work. A national corrections-industry magazine even featured the project as a model for other counties. ARPA funding deadlines remain on track.
Board of Commissioners - Full Board - Jun 11, 2026
A union glazier told commissioners the jail intake facility's glass curtain wall was installed with quarter-inch light-duty screws instead of half-inch structural bolts — a roughly 90% strength shortfall. Four commissioners voted against a related design amendment until an independent inspection happens, and the chair says the issue will be raised Tuesday.
Board of Commissioners - Full Board - Mar 26, 2026
The county added about $3.5 million in change orders to the intake center/jail project, including $3 million for cabling and mechanical work. The project now runs to March 2027.
Board of Commissioners - Joint Public Services and Records and Public Safety Committees - Mar 19, 2026
Two new Community Mental Health therapists, paid entirely from opioid settlement funds, will start screening inmates for mental health and substance-use needs at the Central Intake and Assessment Center before it opens in 2027 — building the data needed to staff and program the facility properly.
Board of Commissioners - Joint Finance/Audit/Budget and Internal Services Committees - Mar 18, 2026
The county approved three change orders with Granger Construction worth about $3.5 million for the jail and intake center project. The largest piece — $2.47 million of structured cabling — is money moved from the technology budget, not a project cost increase.
Board of Commissioners - Joint Finance/Audit/Budget and Internal Services Committees - Feb 11, 2026
The county's ~$230 million jail and assessment center project is on time and on budget, with about 90% of commitments bought out and $9.2 million in contingency remaining. Precast construction is rising and three of four demolition wings are done, with opening expected in 2027.
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