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MSBA approves Colliers as owner's project manager; district to post designer request Sept. 25
Summary
The Mass. School Building Authority approved Blackstone‑Millville’s selection of Colliers as the owner's project manager for a high‑school feasibility study. Superintendent Jason DeFalco said the district will post a request for designer services Sept. 25 and present materials to the school building committee Sept. 29.
The Mass. School Building Authority approved Blackstone‑Millville’s selection of Colliers as the owner's project manager for a feasibility study on the district high school, Superintendent Jason DeFalco announced at the Sept. 12 school‑committee meeting.
DeFalco said the MSBA signaled approval in a letter the same morning, allowing the district to move to its next procurement step. “With the approval from MSBA, we have reviewed the draft request for services, have already given feedback to Colliers,” DeFalco said, adding the district plans to post the request for designer services on Sept. 25 and bring it before the school building committee on Sept. 29 for approval.
The superintendent told the committee Colliers had presented a draft proposal and that district and MSBA staff had discussed the district’s rationale and process. He said the district is pressing for speed without compromising quality: “We know that we need to do something quite significant at the high school, and we have children in those seats and teachers in those classrooms every day.”
Next steps described at the meeting include finalizing the request for designer services, posting the designer solicitation on Sept. 25, and formal review by the school building committee on Sept. 29. DeFalco said Colliers and MSBA “appreciated our time and our feedback,” and that the district will continue to press the parties involved to keep the schedule.
The committee did not take a vote on bond, schematic design, or any specific capital budget at the Sept. 12 meeting; DeFalco framed the action as an approved selection of a consultant to manage the feasibility process and a procedural step toward seeking design services. The next public milestone is the school building committee review on Sept. 29.
Provenance: First related discussion begins with the superintendent announcing MSBA approval (topicintro: SEG 219) and continues through the superintendent’s timeline remarks about posting the designer request and next meetings (topfinish: SEG 267).
