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Commission authorizes $71,214 change order to refinish elementary-school playground concrete; contractor shares cost
Summary
City approves a $71,214 change order—50% of the roughly $142,000 cost—to grind and refinish concrete at elementary school playgrounds after a new concrete mix caused top-layer spalling; the school district will reimburse the city for half the cost.
The City Commission authorized a $71,214 change order to refinish concrete on elementary-school playground sites, with East Grand Rapids Public Schools reimbursing the city for 50% of the cost.
City staff explained that a recent industry change in concrete mix design — driven by environmental rules, staff said — caused spalling and light top-layer cracking after the first winter on some poured concrete surfaces…
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