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Board approves renovation change orders after contractors absorb major stormwater cost
Summary
The Grey County Board of Education approved several change orders for middle- and high-school renovation projects — including a contractor covering a roughly $70,000 stormwater reroute — and approved an athletic-field adjustment to correct grades at jumping/pole-vault areas.
The Grey County Board of Education on June 25 approved multiple change orders tied to ongoing school renovation and athletic-field projects, including a contractor agreement to cover a substantial stormwater reroute cost and a corrective change to field-event grades.
Superintendent Crawford told the board the project's architect initially planned a concrete curb to route water across the road, but district staff rejected that approach and asked the team to run the flow under the road via a culvert. “They would eat that,” Crawford said of the contractor, referring to about a $70,000 change order the contractor absorbed. Crawford also described a $6,800 correction at the high school for insufficient concrete work and a $13,000 change related to deteriorated EIFS discovered during cafeteria demolition: “When I tore the EIFS up, it was just rotting,” he said.
The board moved the renovation item from consent to discussion because one contract lacked an explicit start and end date; members debated contract length before the vote. After a motion and second, the chair called the roll and recorded affirmative votes, and the change orders moved forward.
On athletics, Crawford explained that excavation at the far end of the Plainshurst field exposed differences in grade around jump and vault areas that were not in the original scope. He said crews removed and repositioned the meet areas so grades would be consistent and closer to original drawings, then asked the board to approve the change order to complete that work.
The superintendent and facilities staff emphasized that much of the work was necessary to protect building envelopes and athletic-safety lines, and that some repairs were addressed from contingency funds. The board did not expand on additional funding beyond the change orders approved; staff said they would detail contract years and final dates when finalizing the affected contracts.
The board's action preserves the projects' schedules, which staff said should keep major work completed before the new school year.
