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South Berwick approves town-hall renovation contingency spending, signs on commissioning agent and hazmat change order
Summary
Council approved multiple owner-contingency items for a major town-hall renovation — commissioning-agent hire, early-move costs, HVAC cost-sharing, and a hazardous-materials change order — while also accepting deductive credits that partially offset those expenses.
The South Berwick Town Council on May 2026 approved several owner-funded adjustments to a multiyear town-hall renovation project, voting to hire a commissioning agent, authorize early-move costs to accelerate the schedule and cover unexpected hazardous-materials remediation.
Councilors voted to hire a third-party commissioning agent to verify mechanical and electrical systems and to perform functional testing. Project staff told the council the agent’s services will cost up to about $36,000 and recommended the payment come from the owner’s contingency. The council approved the funding.
Councilors also authorized roughly $28,000 to pay early-move costs that project managers said would accelerate the schedule by about seven weeks and reduce…
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