Town of Cheshire building committee reviews construction schedules, approves invoices and change orders

The Town of Cheshire Building Committee reviewed construction and budget updates for the Norton and North End elementary school projects and approved several invoices and potential change orders during its meeting.

Committee members were told both school projects remain on schedule overall, with Norton showing somewhat more finished work on foundations, slabs and early steel erection while North End continued heavy site and underground work. The committee received the monthly cost control and schedule baselines, a trade allowance log, and a PCO log showing potential and approved changes within the guaranteed maximum price (GMP).

The committee was given a schedule summary that shows area completions clustered in May–July on the North End project and a July 16 substantial-completion milestone for one of the areas. On Norton, the contractor has begun erecting structural steel in Area D and scheduled Area C steel to begin in June; Tekton and the construction manager reported active coordination of MEP, submittals and inspections. Project managers said drilled wells, geothermal piping and most underground storm and sanitary piping are substantially complete at North End.

Budget and contract oversight: presenters said all trade contracts have been awarded and the project team is tracking allowances, contingencies and owner change orders in the CMGC cost-control reporting system. The presenters explained that O&G (the construction manager) and Arcadis (owner's representative)…