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Committee approves $39,909 change order for Public Safety Building; staff reports additional small change orders
Summary
The committee approved Contract Change Order No. 101 for the Public Safety Building consolidation project to add a required fire partition, and staff reported four additional owner-directed or RFI-driven change orders (Nos. 97–100) under $10,000 each.
The Dane County Public Works and Transportation Committee voted to approve Contract Change Order No. 101 for the Public Safety Building consolidation project (Moline Street, Madison). The approved change order, in the amount of $39,909.38, adds a required fire-rated partition separating an existing elevator shaft (car number 4) from newly designed vertical technology rooms after contractors found that the original partition was a perforated metal fence that did not meet code.
Committee member Nadella moved to approve the change order; a committee member seconded and the motion passed by voice vote. Steve, a county project staff member, described the scope: the 1993 drawings showed a fire-rated partition, but on-site inspection found only a perforated metal partition. The contractor is proceeding with structural work, and the change order funds installation of a compliant fire partition and related work.
Steve and other staff also summarized four additional change orders under $10,000 that were issued or forthcoming and presented to the committee as routine owner-directed or RFI-driven adjustments:
- Change Order 97: $8,980.65 — owner-directed embeds placed in concrete for the trash loading dock area to address design modifications related to trash flow coordination across downtown facilities.
- Change Order 98: $9,171.42 — electrical revisions in a warehouse/loading-dock area, including additional controls and a security camera to separate the secure warehouse area from the loading dock.
- Change Order 99: $7,965.97 — plumbing revisions from RFIs, including routing for a sump pump vent and related clashes with structural/MEP elements.
- Change Order 100: $5,457.18 — an unforeseen condition encountered during excavation required modification of an adjacent retention system and additional backfilling/stabilization work.
Those smaller change orders were presented as informational; the committee approved Change Order 101 (the fire partition) as a formal action. Staff said the changes were needed to address observed on-site conditions and coordination items uncovered during submittal review and construction.
