Change orders and PlanCon I submission

The agenda for Monday's school board meeting has been posted. It includes 

PlanCon Part I for High School Renovation Project – PlanCon Part I is required to be submitted for change orders on the project. There are two submissions presented for the Board’s approval as completed by Celli Flynn Brennan Architects. The Superintendent recommends approval of these submissions.

Change Orders for High School Renovation Project – This month’s list of change orders totals $127,994 from the contingency and $4,561 from soft costs for the high school renovation project. The change orders are as follows:

a. GC-107-252 to Nello for $114,842 for excavation, masonry, walls, supports, beams and steel and brick modifications,

b. EL-70-253 to Farfield for $3,459 for electrical and power changes,  

c. FP-06-254 for SimplexGrinnell for $5,512 for sprinklers,

d. ME-28-255 to McKamish for $4,181 for ductwork, cabinets and fans, and

e. EL-71-256 to Farfield for $4,561 for phone change.

The Superintendent recommends approval of these change orders.

Naming Rights Policy

Revisions to Policy FF, Naming Rights – The Policy Committee is recommending approval of revisions to Policy FF, Naming Rights, at the November 17, 2014 Regular Meeting.

Change Orders and PlanCon I

Tomorrow evening, the Board will be approving PlanCon Part I. See Agenda C3. According to the PA Department of Education,

PlanCon Part I accounts for changes resulting from change orders and supplemental contracts that occur subsequent to PDE approval of PlanCon Part F “Construction Documents.”

PlanCon I is explained in this document, PlanCon Part I Instructions Unfortunately, these instructions expired on 06-30-12. The devil is in the details, so I am leaving this up to you detail guys, but I found this to be interesting:

A change order is a transaction for additional or changed work with a contractor already under contract to provide work which is substantially similar to, or incidental to, that covered in originally approved plans and specifications, or for such minor changes and additions to the plans and specifications as may become necessary or desirable.

Work issued as a change order usually costs less than $10,000, but may be higher for unforeseen conditions discovered during construction. For changes affecting architectural or scheduled area, or building capacity, a revised Part F room schedule and floor plan must be submitted for PDE review.

 In an earlier thread, David Huston posted these numbers:

These numbers are from PlanCon I to be approved 20-AUG-2012:
Act 34 Maximum Building Construction Cost
A. Part D Based on Estimates (D20, Line C) $44,977,920
B. Part D Based on Estimates * 1.08 $48,576,154
C. Based on Actual Costs (I06, Line C) $42,974,012
If C > B, then a second Act 34 hearing is required

The running total for change orders is:

1. $189,306
2. $82,360.57

Total $271,666.57

According to Monday's Construction Update, the second change order should result in a partial credit towards the first change order. I don't know what that number is, but if we already approved the first change order, it is not clear to me how spending more money will reduce the amount already spent.