The $5.3 million remodeling of the fourth floor of the GEF 3 state office building was unanimously approved Monday by the state Building Commission but not without a few questions raised about the price tag.
….The commission also approved spending $2.35 million for consultation on upgrading the Charter Street and Capitol heating plants. The coal-fired plants produce steam heat for state buildings and were operated in violation of the Clean Air Act until a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club forced the state to enter into a consent decree that mandated the plants lower their emissions.