The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to award a contract worth more than $58 million to the construction firm Webcor to demolish the old county administration building and jail in Martinez and build a three-story county office building in its place.

Built in 1964, the 12-story building at 651 Pine St. was decommissioned in December when the county opened its new administration building on nearby Escobar Street.

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