Cheshire committee reviews construction progress and approves routine invoices and change orders
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Summary
Construction managers updated the committee on progress and contingencies at the Barnum and Norton school projects; the committee approved monthly invoices and several field change orders and increased the materials‑testing purchase orders.
Construction managers reported monthly progress for both North End (Barnum) and Norton projects and the School Building Committee voted on a set of routine invoices and project change orders.
Progress and budget: Site enabling, building sheathing, and electrical procurement are advancing at both sites. The CM reported percent‑complete values for multiple buildings and noted binder course paving and interior finishes are planned through spring. Committee staff summarized current contingency and a list of potential change orders; both projects still carry contingency balances but several PCOs remain open.
Invoice approvals: The committee approved invoices for third‑party testing, owner representation and construction management for both projects (including Arcadis, O&G/OMG construction manager billings and Tekton/consultant invoices). All presented invoices were approved unanimously.
Testing budget: The committee authorized increases to the on‑site materials testing purchase orders (Testcon) — an additional $100,000 for one project and $150,000 for the other — and directed staff to fund the increases from uncommitted consultant line items or owner's contingency rather than emergency allocations.
Change orders and site work: The committee approved a range of PCOs, including structural lintel support (steel), an additional Knox key box at an electrical room, plywood thickness changes in equipment rooms, additional locker trim to achieve a finished condition, and trench shoring for an unforeseen buried conduit discovered during sewer installation. The CM explained these were field‑discovered conditions or coordination clarifications.
Temporary detectors: Following a request from the fire marshal related to winter temporary heat, the committee authorized time‑and‑material installation (not to exceed the presented amounts) of hardwired, interconnected temporary heat/CO detectors at both sites while temporary heaters remain in use.
Votes at a glance: The committee approved all routine invoices presented and approved the listed PCOs; a contractor request to recover tariffs on imported structural steel was considered and rejected by a unanimous committee vote.
