2/10/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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They have a good following of contractors to bid their p rej ec t. They had over 140 general and sub bids on their last project. The owner is then better of with the final price because there is more competition . They follow through at the job site, Getting the project built on time and properly depends on the architects ability to work with the contractor to review all documentation and administer the site meetings. M r. Ho i t suggested the Committee contact their re fe ren ces 7 school superintendent' s etc , In some town 's they have done over 20 projects. They presented a sketch of what the school may look like. It is a series of buildings , of units and shapes, using sloped roofs so it is in scale QUESTIONS Bill Ma rt i ros asked if you can build a good building, brick outsideblock inside slate roof a sloped roof for $70-80 per foot's Mr. Hoit said NO. Bill showed him a book where there are schools built for that much. Mr. Hoi t is familiar with the book. Slate is a very expensive material There are other materials you can get 35-40 years from, it is not necessary to use slate* There are few States with as many regulation as this one. In this area of the country 70-80 is not achievable,, The bigger the project the less per sq foot. This is from their experience doing work all over the country . Mr. Bradford added that regionally, from a structural standpoint and HVAC requirements, all add to the sq foot cost, This is a very expensive area of the country to build i n, Prevailing wage adds to the cost. Mr. Arthur added that structurally there are more requirements because MA is in a fault area, similar to California s Mr. Mart i ros asked how far the setback from 151 was on their schematic? c It was 150 feet., but there is room to put it back even further . At 150 feet you can see the building from the road , through the trees and keep you as far away from the power lines as possible . Bill asked what is a reasonable distance f rom the power lines? M r i Ho i t suggested 300 feet from the playing fields . Michael Pare asked how they would support the high tech - audio visual computer networking , etc. and have they worked with this before? Mr. Hoi t explained in the latest school building they worked on all video, computor access, fire alarm were all integrated into the design as was the monitoring system. The system has to be operable and understood by the staff using them., 3