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Trustees dispute contractor work at Joint Safety Services Building, deny one final pay application
Summary
The board approved multiple change orders and pay requests for the Safety Services Building but later denied a final pay application from The Altman Company, authorized counsel to require corrective work, and approved other contractor payments and tests to resolve bay-floor and landscaping defects.
Norwich Township trustees spent multiple meetings in 2009 reviewing construction, change orders and late pay applications for the Norwich/City of Hilliard Joint Safety Services Building (JSSB).
Early in the year the board approved a series of change orders for the JSSB totaling roughly $50,029.20 (motion #090105.05). As construction progressed, trustees approved additional change orders and pay requests, including Radico pay request #14 and TP Mechanical Contractor payments for HVAC work.
By August trustees had concluded that work related to the Station 81 bay floors, landscaping and irrigation had not met contract specifications. On Aug. 17 the board unanimously voted to deny the Altman Company’s final pay application of $20,750 and authorized township counsel Loveland & Brosius to demand correction of the deficient work (motion #090817.02). The board also approved a maintenance service agreement with TP Mechanical and authorized payment of TP Mechanical pay application #12 ($138,573) and Radico’s pay requests where appropriate (motions #090817.03 and #090817.04).
Minutes show trustees ordered core testing (Concrete Research & Testing, LLC) for the bay floor and accepted a generator expenditure and reimbursement arrangement with Heapy Engineering for generator work. Trustees directed staff and counsel to continue pursuing corrections and to withhold final payments until punch-list items were resolved.
The board’s actions reflect a sequence of approving necessary change orders to keep the building operable while using contractual and legal remedies to secure remediation for work the board judged out of specification.
