Lakeville committee moves design toward bids; peer review, stormwater and invoices cleared

The Town of Lakeville Fire Station Building Committee on Wednesday reviewed final design work and permitting steps as the project team prepares to put construction documents out to bid, and it approved four consultant invoices on roll call.

Committee members said the project is moving toward a July bid posting after a May conservation commission meeting asked only for a peer review limited to stormwater. "Another set of eyes doesn't hurt," Spencer of Parr Group said after the conservation commission meeting, and the design team is lining up that focused review.

The peer-review requirement affects only stormwater, the committee heard; the conservation commission did not reopen wetlands delineation during its review. That narrow scope could speed the subsequent planning-board site-plan review, a Parr Group representative said.

The committee also reviewed the design team's quality-control work. Alex (project staff) told members the design documents were sent to ReadyCheck on May 23 for a two-week QA/QC review focused on constructability and MEP coordination; the firm will meet with the project team to walk through major findings. The committee discussed plans to post the bid in early July (the team said it would avoid…