Lakeville committee keeps Feb. 7 bid date while flagging planning-board, civil and tech items

The Police Station Building Committee of the Town of Lakeville voted Jan. 16 to proceed with the construction bid schedule for the new police station, targeting a Feb. 7 date to put bid documents on the street and a five-week bid period (three weeks for filed subbids, two weeks for general contractors), contingent on the outcome of an upcoming planning-board review.

Committee members said the schedule keeps the project on track while flagging several outstanding items that must be coordinated before bids are due: final civil drawings and grading information, potential planning-board comments or a peer review, the water-line bid strategy, and owner-procured radio and security equipment.

Dean Badley, who presented the design update, told the committee the architectural, mechanical, electrical and fire-protection drawings are advancing but that civil engineering work has lagged because the civil consultant did not begin full design until after health-department and natural-heritage clearances were granted in December. "I don't have a clear confidence level that we're all set to go" without seeing the civil drawings, Badley said, adding that he had seen January 11 and Dec. 8 drawing sets used for internal coordination.

Brian Humes, listed on the meeting invoices as "Brian Humes, Humes Architect LLC," described a recent full MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) coordination session and said the MEP team had largely resolved layout and coordination questions. Humes also urged accuracy over…