Charleston firm is low bidder for West Virginia Capitol dome repairs
A Charleston construction firm is the apparent low bidder for a contract to repair significant structural damage to the state Capitol dome.
Wiseman Construction bid $10.93 million for the contract, one of three bids opened Wednesday afternoon.
Other bidders were Pullman Power of Pittsburgh, at $13.52 million, and Paramount Builders of St. Albans, at $15.926 million.
All three bids exceeded the $8 million the state has budgeted for the project, to repair severe water leaks and major structural problems in the Capitol dome. However, that estimate was made before engineers discovered another serious issue with the dome: The tensioning system — a system of metal rods that allow the external dome to hold up the inner dome — had failed, leaving the inner dome resting on the non-load-bearing interior walls.
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