Beaufort County School Board approves $3.05 million amendment with Shoreline Construction

The Beaufort County Board of Education on Feb. 18 approved amendment number 7 with Shoreline Construction and Development LLC for the DESC Technology Warehouse and Imaging Center, setting a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) of $3,053,724.

"I move that the Board of Education approve amendment number 7 with Shoreline Construction and Development LLC for the construction of the DESC Technology Warehouse and Imaging Center based on the guaranteed maximum price or GMP of 3,053,724," said the board member who presented the motion. The board then conducted a voice roll and the motion passed, with one member voting no and the rest voting aye.

The motion had been discussed in executive session under the South Carolina statute governing contractual negotiations (transcript reference to "South Carolina code 30‑4‑70"). After returning to public session, the motion was read aloud and confirmed. The chair announced, "Motion passes. 1 no," and the dissenting vote was recorded in the transcript as coming from a member identified in the meeting as Mr. Smith.

The approval directs the district and its contractor to proceed under the GMP framework described in the amendment. The transcript does not include further detail on the amendment's scope changes beyond the GMP figure or a line‑by‑line reconciliation; those documents were discussed in executive session and are not in the public transcript.

What happens next: the board’s action authorizes the amendment; the contractor may proceed under the agreed GMP once the signed amendment is finalized. The board did not record additional conditions or follow‑up reporting requirements in the public record during the meeting.

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