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Board reviews $293,000 in high-school change orders, hears objections to advancing phase 2 work
Summary
District construction advisers outlined roughly $293,000 in recommended change orders — including a $254,072 soil undercut for pyritic material — and said doing phase‑2-related remediation now would save cost and schedule; some board members and citizens urged clearer public notice that phase 2 work is advancing before formal approval.
District construction advisers presented several recommended change orders and a status update on the high-school renovation during the Elizabeth Forward School District committee meeting on Wednesday, July 9. The board heard detailed line items, questions from members and public comment urging clearer communication about phase 2 work.
The advisers flagged two recent facade change orders — GC7 for $19,897.05 and GC8 for $28,005.77 — saying demolition revealed framing that was not installed as the drawings indicated and that additional demolition and new framing were needed. "GC7 is for facades B and E and GC8 is for facade F," the district's construction adviser said, noting the extra work arose after demolition uncovered discrepancies in the original structure.
A larger item under review was change order GC10: undercutting, sealing and backfilling an area where geotechnical testing found pyritic (expansive) soils in the phase‑2 footprint. The construction adviser recommended the…
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