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Board approves construction‑related items: insurance extension, monitoring contract and turf replacement amid community questions
Summary
Trustees approved an owner‑controlled insurance program extension for the Beverly Hills High School construction, ratified added air/noise monitoring for Building C, and authorized a replacement of Horace Mann's artificial turf. The turf decision prompted questions about drainage, materials and health concerns.
The Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education on March 11 approved three construction‑related items: an extension of the district’s owner‑controlled insurance program for ongoing high‑school construction, a scope amendment to add noise monitoring to an existing air‑monitoring contract for the new Building C, and a proposal to replace the artificial turf at Horace Mann elementary.
Insurance extension for BHHS construction District staff explained that the owner‑controlled insurance program (OCIP, often called SOAP in the packet) covers project general liability and is recalculated as on‑site construction value increases. Staff characterized the extension as a routine contract adjustment to continue coverage for the current work; the board voted to approve the extension. Board questions sought confirmation that the extension had been budgeted; staff said the cost was included in the project budget and would be tracked in the bond program and…
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