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Facilities committee forwards two change‑order packages totaling $59,142.88 to full board
Summary
The committee voted to forward two Penn Builders change‑order recommendations — $9,302.15 for bid pack 1 and $49,840.73 for bid pack 2 — to the full North Penn School District board; both are applied to allowances and reported as $0 net increases to the general‑contractor agreements.
The North Penn School District Facilities & Operations Committee on Jan. 27 voted to forward two construction change‑order recommendations for the high‑school project to the full board.
Mister Slaughter, the district staff member presenting the items, said the recommended change orders are applied to contract allowances and will not raise the general contractor’s contract amount or the overall construction budget. The first package, to Bid Pack 1 with Penn Builders, totaled $9,302.15 and covered five items: overtime for tile labor ($3,460.16); a credit for sanitary‑napkin disposal units (-$1,669.50); signage revisions to meet ADA requirements ($1,221.00); soffit enclosure materials for lab fume hood areas ($1,608.17); and additional tile backer board after field measurements showed toilet locations were off roughly 1½ inches ($3,665.89). Slaughter said this leaves the Bid Pack 1 allowance balance at $358,838.60.
The committee then considered a Bid Pack 2 recommendation totaling $49,840.73. Slaughter said the items include additional silt‑sock stabilization requested by the civil engineer after permit delays; replacement of existing Transite sanitary pipe discovered during Bid Pack 1 ($20,516.85); time‑and‑material tree clearing near the substation ($2,200.00); and additional excavation and stone work to stabilize the staging area and recover topsoil for future athletic fields ($24,123.88). He reported the remaining Bid Pack 2 allowance balance at $1,957,544.24.
Mister Kaiser moved and Mister Bell seconded both motions to forward the recommendations to the full board. The committee approved both items by voice vote; no roll‑call tally was recorded in the committee transcript.
Slaughter and committee members discussed how allowances and contingencies are used: unit costs are bid line items and allowances are typically used first; if allowances are exceeded, the owner’s contingency (generally 4–5 percent, Slaughter said) would be tapped. Slaughter added that if allowances go unused they convert to credit change orders and are returned to the district to fund subsequent bid packages.
The items will appear on the full board agenda for formal action at a later meeting.
