20 Federal Place air conditioning cost $1.3 million

20 Federal Place air conditioning cost $1.3 million

YOUNGSTOWN — The board of control approved $369,298 today for design work and equipment needed to replace the broken air-conditioning system at the city-owned 20 Federal Place.

The board also voted to pay $47,847 to Western Reserve Mechanical, a Niles company that provided about 30 portable air conditions to businesses and agencies at the downtown office building between late August, shortly after the air-conditioning unit stopped working, and mid-October.

These expenses don’t include hiring a company to handle the installation and construction work needed to put the chiller unit on the roof of the eight-story building at 20 W. Federal St.

Proposals for that work will be opened by city officials on Feb. 14. The estimated cost of that work is $1.3 million, but should come in at a lower price, said Charles Shasho, deputy director of the public works department.

Around Aug. 20, the building’s air-conditioning system, which is several decades old, stopped working.

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