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Mansfield Municipal Building Committee
Town of Mansfield, Mass. I ` F «-'-U
Minutes of meeting of 2/4/92
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MBC: S. MacCaffrie (SM), E. Giordano (EG), G. Murphy (GM),
Guardabascio (FG), L. Amoruso (LA)
Clerk of the works: J. O'Keefe
HMFH: J. Miller, R. Juusola, C. Traynor
E. J. Flynn: C. Rogers, J. Buckley
Schools: Dr. Warren, R. Gurek
MFD: J. Sarro, R. Bellavance
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State Fire Marshall's Office: J. O'Keefe, P. Sullivan
Town of Mansfield: W. Sarro (selectman), W. Williams (Town Mgr.)
Meeting called to order at 6:30 at Jordan -Jackson Elementary complex
by the chairman.
Read general correspondence,to/.from the committee.
Noted that Granger issued a letter to HMFH indicating substantial
completion of the project has been reached. HMFH approved this and
forwarded to MBC. Motion (EG), made, seconded (LA) and voted 4-0-0 to
accept the project.
It was also noted the building will now be insured by the town,
utility transfer must be completed and access to the building
controlled by the clerk of the works. The project punch list has also
been received and is in progress of being corrected. From the site
punch list, it is noted the area around manholes should be
covered/fenced off for safety reasons.
Motion (EG), made, seconded (LA) and voted 4-0-0 to accept an invoice
in the amount of $4080.00 from Integrated Design.
Motion (EG), made, seconded (LA) and voted 4--0-0 to respond to a
request from the bricklayers union regarding request for project
information.
Motion (GM), made, seconded (EG) and voted 5-0--0 to :ratify invoices in
the amount of $27306.20, $1140.00, $5245.20 and $8700.00 approved at
the previous workshop.
Motion (EG), made, seconded (LA) and voted 4-0-1. to accept change
order 941 (boiler breaching) after being resubmitted for correction
in -the amount of $13887.00.
Mansfield Municipal Building Committee
Town of Mansfield, Mass.
Minutes of meeting of 2/4/92
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Chair notes on previous change order (#41), the MBC will request Flynn
to absorb some of the cost of the change order. If no response by next
meeting (2/12/92), then MBC will take action.
R. Gurek reported on library books noting that a Request for Proposal
(RFP) has been placed for 12,000 books under CH 308. Three responses
(price proposals) have been received and only one is acceptable. HE
will request one other company to bid.
A discussion regarding the corridor tack boards then began. J. Sarre,
P. Sullivan and J. O'Keefe then toured the building to observe the
location of the tack boards. The state fire marshall gave his
interpretation of the code (31.:3.9 of the NFPA life safety code) that
they were indeed illegal and requested they be removed. R. Juusola
noted this code has no specific mention as to use in corridors. In
fact, it states they should not exceed 20 percent of the wall area
(which they do not). J. Sarro also cited a policy statement from the
town of Agawam, MA making tack boards in corridors illegal in schools.
z' The MBC and the architect noted such a ruling by the town of Agawam
was only a policy and the Fire Marshalls only gave his interpretation
of the code. The MBC noted the cost of removing all boards and.
repairing the walls might be expensive. A suggestion of replacing them
with decorative non -tack board material was made.
W. Williams instructed a compromise be taken. The compromise will be
to determine which boards must be removed and which boards (when
modified -to obtain the approval of the Fire Marshall and local fire
department) will remain. This plan will be presented by HMFH to the
appropriate officials. In addition, HMFH, the fire marshalls office
and local fire officials will work -together -to ,get a determination on
this issue.
A review of fire detection equipment and requested changes then
occurred. A walk through was undertaken to actually 'review the
physical rooms. The requested changes were taken under advisement and
the board directed the architect to have the contractor proceed under
"time and materials" mode with an upper cost not to exceed $12000.00
Motion (EG), made, seconded (LA) and voted 5-0-0 to adjourn the
meeting. Meeting adjourned at 10:45 P.M.
F. Guardabascio
February 12, 1992
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