HomeMy WebLinkAboutMBC Minutes 9/27/2005Town of Mansfield
r; : Municipal Building Committee
_ kV eting Minutes of September 27, 2005
Members Present: James Liddick, Chairman, Richard Feeley, Clerk, Kenneth Gay,
William Moore and Eleanor McCarter, Secretary
David Young - Excused absence
Attendees: Kurt Gaffney, Assoc. MBC Member /Water Operations Manager
Lee Azinheira, DPW Director
Bob Chapell, Woodard & Curran
Meeting commenced at 7:40 P.M.
WATER TREATMENT FACILITY PROJECT
Up-to Date Punch List - MBC distributed a consolidated list of all outstanding project items as
of September 27, 2005, including outstanding items reported by Public Buildings Manager, Mike
Ahern.
• Committee members reviewed this list item -by -item and determined a large number of
items to be acceptable and complete.
• MBC intends to generate a short list of the remaining outstanding project items.
• W &C needs to send a letter to Hart Engineering informing the Contractor that the MBC
expects all final items to be addressed and complete within the next two -week period.
Mechanical System - Balancing of Mechanical System is complete, however air relief to high
point in hot water piping is still needed.
Hart/Change Order No. 7 — MBC agreed to accept Change Order No. 7 in the amount of $45,000
which will void existing COP #3; Rock removal -$86K, COP #11; Sprinkler work - -$16K and
COP #28; Contract deduct of $50K.
• Maintenance Bond /Radiant Floor Tubing Warranty — MBC received a letter from Hart
Engineering in follow up to a previous concern (MBC Meeting 9- 13 -05) which confirms
that Hart agrees to renew the $30K bond requested by the Town every two years, up to a
5 -year period.
• MBC will generate a memo to the project file to follow up with Hart regarding this item
in 2007 and 2009 in order to verify the maintenance bond is renewed.
Release of Liens — Hart needs to furnish a Release of Liens upon final completion of the project.
As -Built Drawings — MBC members have not seen any as -built plans for this project to date.
Bob Chapell indicated that Hart Engineering provided all original as -built drawings to Woodard
& Curran in paper format and Woodard & Curran is still using the paper documents to generate
as -built drawings in digital format.
Conservation Certificate of Compliance — W &C is scheduled to meet with the Conservation
Commission on October 3, 2005 for approval.
Signage
• Bronze dedication plaque — Delivery and installation are incomplete.
• Interior room signs —Delivery and installation are incomplete
• Vinyl press -on signs — Partially installed.
• Exterior fence signs —Furnished by Hart and installed by Mansfield Water Dept.
• Exterior post signs (2) —Delivery and installation incomplete.
Floor installation/labor atory — West Floor Covering attempted to correct the unsatisfactory
appearance of the floor installation on two prior occasions and advised MBC members that no
further improvements were possible. As a condition for the MBC to accept the floor installation,
the contractor provided the Committee with a written guarantee from Belknap- White -Alcco
(dated Sept. 15, 2005). The warranty states that an Armstrong Commercial Floor Specialist
inspected the flooring installed by West Floor Covering in the laboratory and that the floor
installation meets satisfactory standards and is guaranteed not to fail. Discussion on this item is
now closed.
Landscaping —Kurt Gaffney noted that the Contractor recently pruned the crab apple tree to take
care of a split branch. Bob Chapell recommended the Town hold $10K pending additional
inspection by Woodard & Curran's Landscape Engineer in mid - October, 2005.
OTHER
QMS Litigation to be discussed next week October 4, 2005.
Meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Eleanor McCarter, Secretary
Richard Feeley, Q erk Date ��