Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Regional Airport Authority has rejected all bids on construction of a nine bay T-hangar building and accepted a recommendation from its General Aviation Committee to seek bids on a smaller hangar.

The authority received seven bids for the nine-bay T-hangar building last month. The bids ranged from $989,000 to $1.4 million, well over the engineer’s estimated project cost of $917,000.

Interstate Engineering Project Engineer, Steve Aldinger, says Airport Authority members Keith Veil and Jeff Wilhelm met with Aldinger and the project’s architect to review what changes could be made to the T-hangar building that would reduce costs.

The Airport Authority has approved a $15,000 supplemental services agreement with Interstate Engineering to cover costs for coming up with bid specifications for the new T-hangar building and advertising for bids.