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Board approves construction change orders and emergency day waiver for Boston School after flooding
Summary
The board authorized multiple construction change orders for the bus maintenance facility and the UP Center, redirected allowances between projects, accepted time extensions and approved a commissioner waiver to excuse two instructional days for Boston School following flooding on April 8–9.
The Nelson County Board of Education approved contractor change orders for two active construction projects and granted an emergency-day waiver request for Boston School after recent flooding.
Construction firm representatives said subs had encountered an underground spring at the UP Center site that required shifting building work and additional site and canopy adjustments. The district had previously approved an initial remediation payment of $48,353; the meeting covered remaining related changes totaling additional construction and trade costs (detailed below). The contractors also reported unanticipated rock removal for sanitary and storm piping at the bus maintenance facility; the board approved payments to subs under the contract unit-price rock-removal provisions. Architects and construction managers proposed using an allowance from the UP Center project to offset rock-removal costs at the bus facility.
Key change-order amounts staff presented in the meeting record include (as summarized by the construction manager): the initial spring remediation already paid ($48,353), additional canopy/site vendor costs (combined change order package numbers recorded in the contractor report), rock removal charges to Lusk Mechanical ($40,465) and Haikon Construction ($47,952), and a credit to remove a planned monument sign from the UP Center ($29,936 credit). The district’s construction manager requested approval of a 50-day time extension for the bus-garage schedule due to adverse weather and site conditions; board members approved a schedule extension and the recommended change orders.
Separately, district staff requested board approval to file an emergency day waiver with the Kentucky commissioner of education to excuse two instructional days at Boston School (April 8 and April 9) because flooding made the Boston facility unsafe to open. Staff said Boston still meets required instructional-hour thresholds even with the waiver; the board approved the waiver request and directed staff to file with the commissioner.
A motion to approve the recommended change orders and time extension was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the waiver motion was also moved and approved by voice vote.
Ending: Staff said they will report construction progress and any further change-order requests at future meetings; the board asked for quarterly schedule updates for the bus facility project.
