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Capital project at Lakeland Healthcare progressing; construction on schedule and initial furniture bid issued
Summary
Public Works project manager told trustees the Lakeland construction is on time and largely on budget, with permits secured, some RFIs handled within the base contract, and a $140,000 furniture bid package issued as the first round of a five-year replacement schedule.
Walworth County's Public Works project manager, Nicole Whitman, updated the Lakeland Healthcare Center Board of Trustees on Oct. 19 that the facility renovation project is progressing on schedule and within budget.
Whitman said inspectors completed a milestone inspection for underground plumbing in the resident kitchen and that the remaining permits are in place. She described a number of contractor RFIs (requests for information) that arose after demolition exposed conditions different from the original drawings; most of those corrections are being managed within the project's original base price, she said, though a few will become change orders that staff are monitoring.
On mechanical work, Whitman explained the project is replacing existing boilers: the original design called for three boilers in an "n plus 1" configuration; field conditions and space constraints led the team to evaluate different manufacturers and alternatives. She said the project team will install three appropriately sized boilers (two to meet demand and one spare) and that the selection is being driven by size, cost and long-term maintainability.
Whitman also described a furniture-replacement procurement (bid spec W2512) launched the week of the meeting. The first-year allocation for furniture is about $140,000 to cover approximately 30 standard rooms and miscellaneous core pieces. Staff said the furniture replacement is structured as a five-year process to stagger costs and avoid wholesale replacement at once; some items will be sent to surplus where they meet county surplus rules, while heavily worn items are being discarded.
Trustees were invited to join construction walkthroughs; Whitman said the project team meets every other Wednesday with the contractor and architect and can arrange brief tours if trustees provide advance notice to manage quorum issues.
No formal vote was required on the capital update; trustees thanked Whitman for on-site oversight and said they appreciated the attention to coordination and early resolution of issues.
