Canton School Building Committee approves geothermal contract amendment, $1.545 million in invoices; reviews budget, schedule, sustainability and site lighting

The Canton Public Schools School Building Committee on March 19 approved a contract amendment to cover a completed geothermal test well and authorized $1,545,440.60 in project invoices while receiving updates on the project budget, schedule, sustainability incentives and design decisions for the new GMS building.

The committee voted to approve Consigli Contract Amendment No. 2, which moves $141,415 into the construction budget line for a geothermal test well whose work was completed Jan. 6. Jen Carlson, a Left Field representative who presented the item, said, "That well was all that work was completed by January 6," and explained the amendment shifts completed preconstruction work into the construction budget category.

The committee also approved four invoices totaling $1,545,440.60, including Left Field invoice No. 22 for $205,112, AI3 invoice 14B for $1,180,578.60, Consigli invoice No. 3 for $158,899 (which includes the geothermal amendment amount), and a $851 invoice for legal review by Brooks and Dorensis. The motion to approve the invoices carried by roll call vote.

Why it matters: the amendments and invoices move already-completed work into the correct budget lines and keep the project on its document-and-cost schedule as the design advances toward MSBA submission milestones. Committee members reiterated a continued focus on preserving contingency funds while advancing design development.

Budget and schedule highlights Committee members were shown a monthly budget snapshot that reports $28,676,302 as committed to date through amendments and contracts and roughly 6% of the construction budget held in contingencies. The transcript did not provide a precise "spent-to-date" figure in a consistent…