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Sarasota News Leader December 14, 2012 struck the garage two days before the collapse, but he emphasized it was too soon to say whether that incident had contributed to the situation. Page 37 ���We���ve been getting nothing but glowing reports back as far as the professionalism and their performance,��� he added of comments the Sarasota County Emergency Services staff had been receiving about Ajax. The collapse still was under investigation, Stuckey told the commissioners. It could take A group from the Sarasota County Public Safemonths or a year or so before the cause is de- ty Office recently traveled to Volusia County, where Ajax is working on a new EOC/911 centermined, he added. ter, and spent about three or four hours look���In our research,��� Stuckey continued, ���we ing at that project, Stuckey said. basically have found ��� that Ajax has been The same Ajax team working on that project very compliant and very performance-driven is expected to handle the Sarasota County in dealing with the construction of EOCs and EOC work, he added. 911 centers across the state of Florida.��� Sarasota County officials also had talked with Moreover, Stuckey said, it did not appear that people in Baker County, where Ajax was the any of the construction team involved in the contractor for the Sheriff���s public safety comMiami-Dade project would be working on the plex, Stuckey said. That project was completSarasota County EOC. ed about three years ago. A document shows the ranking of companies that bid to handle the construction management work for the new Sarasota County Emergency Operations Center. Chart courtesy Sarasota County