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Resource management director: interior work advancing; utility connections and grading may add change order
Summary
Resource Management Director Todd Weisenhan reported interior finishes on the county campus building progressing, but unresolved utility trenching and grading issues for electric, gas and fiber could require additional fill and a change order.
Resource Management Director Todd Weisenhan told Christian County commissioners on June 26 that interior work on the new county campus building is progressing but unresolved utility and grading issues could produce a significant change order.
Weisenhan said interior work is well advanced: “On the inside of the building, I've got the bathroom floors and walls tiled and grouted. They've, started installing the toilets and sinks there,” and lighting, HVAC ductwork and millwork are moving forward.
Why it matters: the building still lacks final electric, gas and fiber connections and some site grading must be raised to meet utility burial requirements. Those items could require additional fill material and trenching work; Weisenhan said the change order estimate ranges widely and “it could be significant.”
Weisenhan described several utilities: Spire was laying the main gas line and is paying for transport where crews hit rock; Liberty Connect (fiber) requires conduit entry from the 20 Fifth Street side rather than the preferred Jackson route, requiring a trench bid; county staff and the architecture firm GHN are pursuing options for a temporary generator and an electrical-installation schedule. He said the county is seeking quotes for generator rentals and is also working with GHN’s electrical specialist.
Weisenhan said the project team will try to use excess on-site dirt where appropriate but that much of the existing mound is topsoil and “isn't suitable for that purpose,” so imported fill is likely. He noted that some of the expense could be counted as work deferred from the original bid and included in later phases: “the money that would be spent on this, you could look at as money that we were gonna have to spend in the next phase.”
On timing and next steps, Weisenhan said staff will quantify the material and prepare a change order for the commission to review, likely by the following week if numbers are confirmed. He provided photos to commissioners to illustrate progress.
Ending: Commissioners thanked staff and asked Weisenhan to continue pushing utility vendors to provide schedule dates; staff noted United Rentals and other vendors were being pursued for temporary generator solutions.
