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OPM reports State Street progress, contractor payment lag and material lead-time issues
Summary
Owner's project manager updated the subcommittee on State Street and Springbrook work: 33 submittals and 14 RFIs processed, temporary fencing and signage change order reduced to $13,700, contractor invoicing delayed due to accounting issues, and selected brick has a lead time pushing arrival to March.
At the Sept. 25 meeting of the West Virginia Public School Building Subcommittee, the owner’s project manager and design team provided construction progress updates for multiple school sites, highlighted a contractor invoicing delay and flagged material lead-time issues that could affect sequencing.
The OPM/architect reported 33 submittals and 14 RFIs processed to date on the State Street project and said the team is working through software issues to process submittals and RFIs more efficiently. A proposed drainage option from SLR for the senior center parking — installing a manhole and connecting out to the road per DPW suggestion — was shared and will be discussed at a future meeting.
On temporary site security, the team said a change order for temporary fencing, crosswalk gates and signage returned at $13,700, “quite an improvement over 31,000,” and is within the project’s $30,000 allowance. The OPM also reported the site contractor has not yet submitted its first invoice due to in-house accounting/Econnex issues; the team does not expect that invoice to arrive in the next week.
Material availability was raised as a scheduling constraint. The architect said a selected accent brick mix did not match later submittals (it appeared more yellow), so the team chose a different tone; some suppliers are reporting long lead times. The architect estimated the revised brick would arrive around March, and the team is developing a weather-tight installation detail so interior work and window installation can proceed before brick delivery.
The OPM closed the update with a budget note: total surplus and contingencies have dipped just under $3 million, reported at approximately $2,944,000. Committee members asked for an overall status update on project costs and contingency draws at the next meeting.
