Joint Special School Building Committee

JOINT SPECIAL SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012 NHS NORTH BOARD ROOM A meeting of the Joint Special School Building Committee was held Nashua High North on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Alderman Dowd called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. Alderman Tabacsko led the prayer and Mr. Vaughan led the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Alderman Deane, Alderman Dowd, Alderman McCarthy, Alderman Moriarty, Alderman Tabacsko, Mr. Haas, Mr. Mosher, Ms. Muise, Mr. Ryder, Ms. Van Twuyver, Mr. Vaughan Also Present: Mr. Smith, Mr. DuBois, Mr. Nikias, Channel 99 Videographer Previous Meeting Minutes Approval Alderman McCarthy moved that the previous minutes of the JSSBC meeting held Thursday, March 22, 2012 be accepted and placed on file and the readings be waived. So Voted. Remarks by Chairman Alderman Dowd Thanks for being here. We have a lot of cover and I wish we had better attendance. Remarks by School Administration Mr. Smith showed a slide presentation on School Construction Primer & Mechanical System Replacement Project History. Committee Reports Alderman McCarthy moved that the previous minutes of the Construction Projects Committee meeting held Thursday, March, 2012 be accepted and placed on file. So Voted. Alderman McCarthy moved to suspend the rules to allow for an oral report of a meeting held earlier this evening. So voted. Alderman McCarthy The Construction Projects Committee met earlier this evening and received a report from the Construction Manager saying that Fairgrounds and Ledge are just about done. They’re finishing off punch list next week and will have CX Associates come back and sign off on the commissioning punch list. On Charlotte Avenue we’ve received a guaranteed maximum price from Harvey, and as a result the Committee recommended approval of 4 purchase order. JSSBC COMMITTEE MEETING April 19, 2012 ALDERMAN McCARTHY MOVED THAT THE JSSBC CONCUR WITH THE FOLLOWING PURCHASE ORDER RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COMMITTEE: TO HARVEY CONSTRUCTION FOR $3,096,543; TO TURNER GROUP FOR $238,802; TO CX ASSOCIATES FOR $44,250; TO DESMARAIS ENVIRONMENTAL FOR $17,000. SO VOTED. ALDERMAN McCARTHY MOVED THAT THE JSSBC CONCUR WITH THE FOLLOWING SUB-CONTRACT AWARDS APPROVED BY THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COMMITTEE: FOR ACOUSTICAL CEILINGS TO GRANITE STATE ACOUSTICS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,950; FOR CONCRETE FLAT WORK TO INTERSTATE CONCRETE. IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,275; FOR INTERIOR SELECTIVE DEMOLITION. IN THE AMOUNT OF $88,000 TO ADVANCE BUILDING SYSTEMS; FOR DOORS, FRAME & HARDWARE TO LANG DOOR & HARDWARE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,700; FOR DRYWALL AND SOFFIT WORK TO GEMINI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,600; FOR FLOORING TO A&E FLOORING, IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,182; FOR MASONRY TO NORTHEAST MASONRY, IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,600; FOR MILLWORK TO AUBIN WOODWORKING, IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,994; FOR METAL WORK TO MILL CITY IRON FABRICATORS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $46,057; FOR ELECTROSTATIC PAINTING LOCKERS WORK TO PATCH & GLAZE CORPORATION, IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,820; FOR PAINTING TO WHITE DIAMOND PAINTING, IN THE AMOUNT OF $42,850; FOR ROOFING TO VIKING ROOFING, IN THE AMOUNT OF $362,798; FOR SITEWORK TO KEVIN GRASSETT EXCAVATION, IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,650; FOR SPRAY INSULATION TO PALACE CONSTRUCTION, IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,000; FOR SPRINKLER WORK TO JOHN L. CARTER SPRINKLER, IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,960; AND FOR VISUAL DISPLAY BOARD TO SCHOOL FURNISHINGS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,672. SO VOTED. ALDERMAN McCARTHY MOVED TO CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COMMITTEE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH GH PHILBRICK SONS, INC. FOR REMOVAL OF A BOILER FROM CHARLOTTE AVENUE SCHOOL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,000. SO VOTED. APPROVAL OF INVOICES ALDERMAN McCARTHY MOVED TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING INVOICES FOR THE LEDGE STREET AND FAIRGROUND SCHOOL PROJECTS: TO HARVEY CONSTRUCTION FOR $375,454.35; TO TURNER BUILDING SCIENCE FOR $3,418.20; TO CX ASSOCIATES FOR $10,633; AND FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES IN THE AMOUNT OF $190.00. SO VOTED. 2 JSSBC COMMITTEE MEETING April 19, 2012 ALDERMAN McCARTHY MOVED TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO HARVEY CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,430.45 AND TO PAGE STREET RENTALS IN THE AMOUNT OF $190.00 FOR THE CHARLOTTE AVENUE SCHOOL PROJECT. SO VOTED. COMMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC None. COMMENTS BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Alderman Moriarty The purchase order to Harvey is “not to exceed”, so at some point you’re limited by this $3 million… is that right? Alderman McCarthy That is the guaranteed maximum price. And if the contingency is not used, it comes back to us. Alderman Deane It really lessons the bid process that Harvey has to use union labor only. Alderman McCarthy That’s their labor, not sub-contractors. Mr. DuBois You have a mix of both on the project. What you’re not seeing is labor that’s included in the sub-contracts. But we bring on contract labor. A lot of times it’s cheaper to have our guy there than bring a sub in. Any labor that Harvey was to employ directly on the job, we need to be going to the hall to do that. It could be for punch list items to be more expedient and get out quickly. Alderman McCarthy We have worked with Harvey and not used Harvey’s direct labor for most of the projects. Mr. DuBois Right, we try to sub everything out. What we try to handle are things that are safety related, general cleanup, etc. Alderman Tabacsko moved to adjourn. So voted at 8:33 p.m. Submitted by Jacki Waters 3