The Waller County Commissioners Court approved two contractor payment applications and received a construction progress report on April 16.

The court approved payment application number 29 to Soudalco in the amount of $5,770,899.53 for ongoing courthouse construction work. The court also approved payment of $924,330.21 (application number 13) to Sidalco for Justice Center modular work. Both motions passed with no recorded opposition.

A construction representative reporting to the court said the courthouse project has logged roughly 389–400 workdays and about 150,000 labor hours, with an average on-site workforce near 100 per week. The building now has power and air conditioning systems partially operational, which permitted interior finish work to begin. The representative reported the team is “on schedule for somewhere around mid‑ to late September” to finish the interior phases, with the overall contract and parking-lot work complete by the following January.

For the Justice Center modulars, the representative said foundations and many set pieces are in place, and crews were finishing trim and punch-list items. Some shipments were delayed by logistics issues, but installation of double- and triple-wide modulars was in progress.

County officials said they are tracking schedule risk such as weather and vendor shipping constraints and will continue routine contract oversight and inspections. The court approved the payments from the appropriate capital and project line items.