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The cost of building the presidential center of former President Barack Obama amounted to more than $ 615 million until the end of 2024, according to the last presentation of the Obama Foundation, the non-profit created to build it.
This is more than double the estimate of $ 300 million when the center was first contemplated in 2016. Foundation officials changed up to $ 500 million when designing in 2017, the construction continues by the contractor of joint companies, Lakeside Alliance, with the most recent costs estimate of the Foundation’s project, including Artifacts, and ends, Spokeseswoman Emily Bittner.
The project that increased to Jackson Park in Chicago has been affected by errors in concrete installation that promoted a demand filed by the contractor Concrete II in a construction against the project engineer, Thornton-Tomasetti. It claims discrimination against the minority property company based on the correspondence of the engineer who criticizes his experience and quality of work. The space between the receipts is essential for the dispute. A worker was also injured at the site after a fall in January.
The last presentation also continued to detail the legal expenses in a prolonged court battle with local residents on land use in Jackson Park.
The last construction costs estimate was included as part of the Foundation’s annual report on its fundraising and funding, which the organization published in early September. The center, originally open this year, is now expected to host visitors next spring.
