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Select board hears roughly $57,466 in potential change orders for new fire station; contingency falls
Summary
Project managers presented potential change orders (PCOs) totalling up to $57,466 on the town—ire station construction, with items including gas piping revisions, electrical drops for apparatus, chimney removal and extractor utilities; the project contingency was reported at about $290,000 after the proposed PCOs.
Project staff told the Board of Selectmen that a set of potential change orders for the new fire station could total up to $57,466 and that the project contingency is now about $290,000.
The PCOs were introduced as items that will be bundled into a forthcoming change order and are described as largely arising from design omissions or unforeseen conditions. Board members were given line-item figures and told final contract numbers will be confirmed when the change order is formalized.
The items and rough costs discussed by staff were: apparatus gas-piping modifications and minor steel revisions ($8,096, with $1,922 noted as steel revisions), electrical drops for the apparatus bay ($8,313) that staff said were omitted from the original bid packages, removal of a deteriorated chimney and new venting for furnace and water heater ($11,266), installation of extractor utilities and subfloor drainage for cleaning firefighters’ gear ($17,929), remediation of older electrical wiring and feeds ($4,706), and an adjustment to an overhead door beam ($1,898). The presenter emphasized that the figures are preliminary and will be refined when bundled into the change order.
Board members expressed concern about omissions in the original design and the impact on the project contingency. The presenter described some items as “errors and omissions” in the architectural design and said delaying certain items was not acceptable for operational needs — for example, electrical drops to charge fire-truck equipment and a utility for cleaning turnout gear.
The board did not take a formal vote on the PCOs in the meeting; staff said the PCOs would be wrapped into the next change order and returned for formal action when complete. Members were told the change-order not-to-exceed amount is $57,466 and that the remaining contingency after that allowance is about $290,000.
Ending: Staff will prepare the bundled change order for board review and formal vote at a subsequent meeting; the board requested final, itemized backup and confirmation of how the costs were calculated.
