Story, photo courtesy of Steve Nash - Special Contributor to BrownwoodNews.com Brown County Commissioners Court members agreed Wednesday to begin negotiating a contract to hire Waldrop Construction as construction manager at risk for three county remodeling projects.

Commissioners selected Waldrop over Shellback Construction of Brenham after hearing presentations from representatives of both firms.

Southwest Architects president Jeffrey Heffelfinger listened to the presentations and asked questions along with commissioners court members.