7/11/1995 TOWN HALL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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r MASH EE TOWN HALL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes for July 11, 1995 Page plumbing and HVAC systems. He stated that they lair out all of these systems beforehand so as to not encounter any problems. Jim asked if there was one person at D nham & Sweeney that the subcontractor or general contractor would contact should they encounter problems. Mr. Sweeney reviewed the procedure for resolving these hypes of problems. He stated that there would be a project architect assigned to this project from the beginning to end. Jim asked Mr. Sweeney how he envisioned the timeframe a for this project. Jiro stated that they were planning on awarding the contract n July 24th. Mr. Sweeney stated that it would probably take a month to get through the schematic design and present a realistic cost to the Committee. He-stated that the review and approval of the design development and thea the preparation for the construction documents would be about sic weeiks. He stated that also they would have about two and a half months of preparing the actual construction documents that they could then go out to bid. He stated that the total time to the beginning of actual construction would be about sic months. Bob Fox asked if the Committee would have any input into the contractors or subcontractors. Nor. Sweeney replied that they would have input on the general contractor but that the general dntractor carries the subcontractors. Jim asked if Donham & Sweeney handles all of the pre--bid conferences. Mr. Sweeney replied that they would. ,.Jim asked if the Project Architect would be attending the Town Hall Building Committee meetings. Mr. Screener replied that he would. Jinn asked who they would be using as a mechanical consultant. Mr. Sweeney Mated that they planned on using Thompson Consultants. ,Jim asked Mr. Sweeney if he had any closing remarks. Mr. Sweeney Mated that he hoped his firm had lived up to the Committee's expectations as this was a job that they would like to do. After Mr. Sweeney had left, Jiro asked for the Committee members' opinions and comments. Charlie Mated that he wondered if the location of the meeting room in the basement was a good idea. Greg thought that Mr. Sweeney had trouble going from the $3 million budget to the $1.5 million budget. Jing agreed and Mated that he felt that because Nor. Sweeney was involved in the Town meeting, that he was trying to react to the problem of no one wanting to be moved into the basement. Jinn also Mated that he felt they did not have the money to do the new roof now. Greg was concerned that Mr. Sweeney did not bring the Project Architect or any consultants with hire to the presentation. Greg felt that Mr. Sweene is flexible approach was on the verge of being loose. He was also not pleased with a variable air heating system. Greg stated he did not like the layout of the administrative offices. Jiro agreed and stated that the original floor plan was better. Jinn Mated that the programmable issues could be addressed if Donharn & Sweeney were receptive to the Committee suggestions as they had been in the past. The Committee discussed the pros and cons to all of the firms interviewed. .Jim stated that they needed to pick three to bring to the Selectmen and asked for the Committee members' choices in ranking order.