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Middle‑school project update: award amount higher than original budget; several change orders to be charged to contingency
Summary
District staff reported the middle‑school contract award of about $35.6 million (originally budgeted ~ $34 million), allowances of roughly $1.4 million and expected change orders (including a $353,000 geothermal drilling item) to be charged to contingency; the project is about 55% expended and the administration will seek board approval if allowances are exhausted.
At the Jan. 28 finance committee meeting Springfield Township SD staff gave a detailed financial update on the middle‑school construction and the district’s broader capital priorities.
The presenter said the original project budget was about $34 million while the contract award totaled about $35.6 million; that award includes allowances (about $1.4 million) and a soft‑cost contingency of about $1,000,000. Several pending change orders were described: nearly $16,000 attributable to relocating a flagpole (contractor and electrician allowances) and a $353,000 change order tied to drilling for…
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