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District moves forward with roofing and HVAC project budgets, selects construction managers for gym and renovation work
Summary
The Muscogee County School District presented several construction items at the April 14 work session: a not-to-exceed $5.79 million roofing package for three schools, a $15.33 million HVAC project budget, and recommended construction manager selections for gym and painting renovation projects; the transcript records the superintendent's
The Muscogee County School District presented multiple capital projects and procurement recommendations at the April 14 board work session in Columbus, asking the board to approve budgets and construction-manager selections for roofing, HVAC and renovation work.
Construction director or committee representative Cantrell told the board the district requested approval to reroof Eddie, Fort and Rothschild middle schools using the Gordian Sourcewell national contract; the total project cost was listed as not to exceed $5,793,472, which includes engineering fees, testing and an owner contingency and carries a 20-year warranty for each roofing system.
On HVAC work, Cantrell reported the district previously contracted Peach Engineering for design and selected River City Construction as construction manager at risk; the construction budget for the HVAC projects was listed as not to exceed $13,994,152 and the total project budget, including fees and contingency, not to exceed $15,333,000. Funding was cited as coming from the 2020 SPLOST (special purpose local option sales tax) allocation.
For Rothschild gym upgrades and a separate painting renovation project, the district solicited construction managers at risk via the standard state procurement process; the evaluation teams reviewed proposals and recommended River City Contracting as the construction manager at risk for both the Rothschild gym and the painting renovation projects. The superintendent's recommendation in each case was to approve River City Contracting as the construction manager at risk.
These items were presented as superintendent recommendations; the transcript records the presentations, recommended approvals and some board questions but does not record final votes on the contract approvals in the work session excerpt. The roofing and HVAC budgets include allowances for engineering fees, testing and owner's contingency and indicate multi-year project schedules.
Board members asked clarifying questions about bid savings (one board member noted a $375,000 savings on a prior projected HVAC estimate) and confirmed that warranties and procurement steps followed state procurement and evaluation procedures.
