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Committee authorizes subcommittee to approve up to $150,000 to address unsuitable soils for Greenville retaining wall
Summary
Faced with unsuitable soils under a new modular-block retaining wall at the Greenville site, the committee authorized its subcommittee to approve a change order up to $150,000 so work can continue without delaying the schedule.
The Norwich School Building Committee authorized its subcommittee to approve a contract change order up to $150,000 to address unsuitable soils encountered at the Greenville retaining-wall location, enabling the contractor to continue wall construction without a special full-committee meeting.
Project staff reported that excavation for retaining Wall 1B revealed about 14 feet of unsuitable fill before reaching native bearing soil. The design firm SLR provided two engineering options for the site: (1) extend modular concrete block down to bearing soil, or (2) construct a…
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