Flintco and Mortenson have been hired to build the new Oklahoma City arena following a 7-0 affirmative vote during Tuesday’s city council meeting.
The council, which will own the $900M future home of the Thunder, approved a $2.275M contract for pre-construction services with Minneapolis-based Mortenson and its local joint venture partner, Flintco, while the outline of a construction manager at-risk agreement that would provide the construction firm with a 3% fee for CM at-risk duties (i.e., the actual construction of the venue) was also included.
Mortenson was selected to build its fifth NBA arena over bids from PCL Construction and Turner, which also interviewed for the job…