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Pocahontas Elementary HVAC bid shock prompts $7.8M CIP request
Summary
School officials told the joint workshop that bids to replace Pocahontas Elementary's HVAC came back far above engineering estimates; the schools proposed carrying the high bid plus contingency and asked the county for an additional $7.84 million to complete the project.
Powhatan County school officials told the March 11 joint workshop that contractor bids to replace the aging heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system at Pocahontas Elementary far exceeded early estimates, prompting a sharply larger capital request for FY27.
School staff said an early engineering budget placed the project in the roughly $6.8 million range, but when bids were opened contractors submitted prices in the $10.46 million to $12.1 million range. After discussions with bidders and adding a contingency, school staff presented a plan that…
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