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Contractor says state plan-review delays forced construction extension, asks board for extra site services
Summary
A contractor told the Le Sueur-Henderson School Board that a multi-month state plan-review delay pushed the elementary-school project timeline into October and requested additional site services time; the board tabled the Cross/CR Anderson contract until July 15 to seek answers and negotiation.
Shane, a project presenter, told the board the elementary-school project was delayed after plans were uploaded to the state on March 30 and the district did not receive a building permit for four months. "We didn't get our building permit until August 1st," Shane said, adding that the state review queue and a change in the assigned reviewer drove the delay.
Shane asked the board to approve additional site services — extra superintendent time, one day per week for a project manager and project coordinator, a field office and travel expenses — to cover the extended schedule. "We're entitled to that additional time and it was really outside of our control," he said, describing the request as a pared-down version of the contractor's usual monthly site-service charge.
Board members pressed Shane about whether some added costs should fall to the contractor rather than the district. One director noted that while the delay stemmed from the state review process, midstream interpretations (including a new reviewer’s reading of restroom handwashing sink requirements) increased scope and cost. The contractor said subcontractors had been offered a revised schedule and relatively few had filed delay claims.
Given open questions about responsibility and cost sharing, the board moved to table the Cross/CR Anderson contract (item 12.4) until July 15 so members could review contractor responses and finance-committee recommendations. The board voted to table the item unanimously.
Next steps: the board scheduled a July 15 follow-up discussion and directed staff to pursue additional negotiation and clarification of the contractor’s request before any formal approval or payment decision.
