Friday, June 7, 2013

June Change Orders

The June 10, 2013 agenda has been posted.  The list of 29 change orders totals $211,287 for June.

Change Orders for High School Renovation Project – The following change orders are presented for Board consideration. All the change orders listed below have been reviewed by the architect, PJ Dick and the District administration.

a. PL-13-102 to Vrabel for $4,449 to install gas turrets for Science classrooms,
b. PL-14-103 to Vrabel for $3,850 to install Heat Trace on vertical sanitary stacks in G Building,
c. PL-15-104 to Vrabel for $4,267 to provide plumbing to rooms described in
RFIs 7 and 29,
d. PL-16-105 to Vrabel for $2,511 for added rain water conductor piping based on a louver conflict,
e. PL-17-106 to Vrabel for $2,970 to add master shower control valve in Athletic Building restroom,
f. PL-18-107 to Vrabel for $6,525 to tie the existing rain water conductors in D
Building to storm sewer,
g. EL-29-108 to Farfield for $1,699 to add power to F Building hydronic unit
heaters,
h. EL-30-109 to Farfield for $5,203 to add 120V power and low voltage control to window shades in D Building,
i. EL-31-110 to Farfield for $25,252 to add low voltage wire to all scoreboard
equipment and to add power to three time clocks and four pace clocks in
Athletic Building,
j. EL-32-111 to Farfield for $5,986 to add disconnect switch for VAV box
transformers as required by electrical inspector,
k. EL-33-112 to Farfield for $11,084 for electrical grounding grid and service
changes required by Duquesne Light,
l. EL-34-113 to Farfield for $861 to relocate dumbwaiter enclosed circuit breaker from third to fourth floor,
m. EL-35-114 to Farfield for $3,570 to extend power feed for boiler induction fan from 2nd floor of G Building to roof,
n. GC-50-115 to Nello for $10,099 to pave full depth of south parking lot which was only intended to be milled,
o. GC-51-116 to Nello CREDIT of ($1,047) to eliminate masonry as requested in Bulletin 9,
p. GC-52-117 to Nello for $3,500 to construct parapet on G Building roof at
column line EEE,
q. GC-53-118 to Nello for $5,862 to add beam for roof support betweens
Buildings F and G,
r. GC-54-119 to Nello for $2,244 to re-fabricate beam that was dimensioned
improperly during submittal review,
s. GC-55-120 to Nello for $4,197 for B Building 6th floor infill changes,
t. GC-56-121 to Nello for $1,594 to provide masonry patching at existing wall in elevator shaft in F Building,
u. GC-57-122 to Nello for $1,336 to add a drainage basin ,
v. GC-58-123 to Nello for $85,495 to add storm piping at west end of Athletic
Building on a time and material not to exceed basis,
w. GC-59-124 to Nello for $662 to add two football lockers based on room
measurement,
x. GC-60-125 to Nello for $3,171 to furnish double tiered 24”lockers in lieu of
specified 18” units,
y. GC-61-126 to Nello for $4,621 to provide modifications required to steel in
electrical room stairwell shaft,
z. ME-05-127 to McKamish for $3,740 to add fire dampers in existing ductwork in Little Theatre as required by code,
aa.ME-06-128 to McKamish for $3,156 to relocate piping to allow the spray on sound attenuation in mechanical equipment room,
bb. ME-07-129 to McKamish for $1,254 to remove chilled water piping in the 6th floor of B Building, and
cc.GC-62-130 to Nello for $3,129 for time and materials worked in F
Building invoiced through May, 2013.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

$25,000+ for low voltage wire to scoreboards and time clocks in athletic wing.
What were they going to do before the change order... Use chalk?

And where was the rain water going to go from the athletic wing... Into the
stadium?


Anonymous said...

That masonry patch in the masonry wall in the elevator shaft... is that to fix the hole where they ran ductwork thru the elevator shaft?

Lebo Citizens said...

The running total of change orders has been updated.
Elaine

Anonymous said...

Mr. Celli stated he had not figured out, in his own mind,who owned the change order losses presented to the school board on June 10th.. So, who put these change orders on the Agenda for the public to pay for them if one or more of of the contractors own those losses?

Who embarrassed himself/herself by allowing these change orders to be discussed before a professional opinion was rendered on ownership? Was the decision made by Superintendent Steinhauer, or President Cappucci and/or Vice President Lebowitz, or all three of them agreeing to send the bill to the public without justification?

Were any of the smaller change orders subjected to the same over site as the large change orders?

Dan Remely never said a word about this problem; do we really need Dan on the board?

Anonymous said...

Here are some other mistakes on the Agenda:

1) ML Graduation was televised June 14 but the List of Graduates is not being approved until June 17. This happened last year too.

2) The Board is giving carte-blanche permission to do June Budget Transfers because they won’t vote on them until July. It is not clear any board member has seen that list yet.

3) Budgetary transfers to close the 2012-2013 fiscal year won’t be approved by the board until October when the Audit is printed. This is included in the List of Financial Items. Are Ms. Klein’s books in such a condition that it takes the auditor three months to figure out the end-of-year transfers?

The School Code requires board members to vote on Budgetary transfers. Does anyone think the Legislature intended the board to vote after the fact?

The Board, Ms. Klein, and the Auditor should consider reading the books they are approving for the high-school students:
“PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS”
“PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY” (Recommended for those with HELOC’s)
“BUSINESS MATH”