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Committee presses contractors on door hardware and elevator problems; votes to postpone December meeting
Summary
Members pressed Suffolk and Perkins Eastman to address doors that "aren't locking" and repeated elevator outages; project staff said they will audit installations with manufacturers. The committee voted to cancel the Dec. 18 meeting and set the next meeting for Jan. 22.
At the Nov. 20 School Building Committee meeting, members raised safety concerns about door hardware and elevator reliability at the 1922 Building, asking the project team to accelerate fixes. Committee member Fred Bahu said doors "aren't locking correctly" and described incidents where new doors could be pushed open, naming Abloy as the hardware supplier.
Suffolk and design staff told the…
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