1995-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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J Ed asked how much he should have built in as a continency - they went though 2 engineers and got an unpermitted system permitted. Ed said it is SMMA' s job to assist the Committee in getting the building they wanted, they have not shied away from that . They have done everything they could to meet the schedule . The value stayed in' Mashpee . The truth is his firm is loosing money. The benefit accrued is to Mashpee , with nothing to the people who helped you get it . Steve agreed the cycle of 2 engineers complicated the process significantly. ( Peter Dinizio ,joined the meeting at 6 : 00 p . m. ) 4 . Value Engineering Workshop SMMA budgeted b days , the process dragged out . Steve said what caused it to drag out - the constant effort to re-visit it to drive the cost down. They were , d.riven by the budget estimates that weren ' t right . Who is responsible? Ed said all the data is not in on what has happened to the economy in the past year. 5 . Design Studies . Joe said again this is a grey area. A client expects the architect to come up with the right answers . Ed said you have to have a reasonable understa.ndin . They have found it difficult to reach consensus here , in it1ashpee . For example , they are doing a 200 , 000 sq foot school in Lynn and are 4 , 000 hours under this one . Paul asked if the level of trust , with the Committee, wasn' t there? Ed said it switched from person to person, week to week . Ed said they spent 2 man years more on this project than any other school , much more than they anticipated at the beginning of the project . You can assume SMMA should have known that or assume you have a great value . Is SMMA going to go away limping? Bill asked why they didn' t call this ( extra hours ) to the Committee ' s attention at each phase . The Committee was under the impression they paid and whatever length of time it took , it took. Ed said they began this discussion with Paul awhile ago , he did not take it lightly , he is not easy to satisfy. They have known since the end of the contract documents that this is the situation, it tool: time to get it prepared . Peter asked how Chelsea ' s estimate can in relative to this one? Ed said they had a wrap up insurance program, which was supposed to be worth $3 million to the project. The project came in $600 , 000 over, Midget but, when the analyzed the bid , they did not take their insurance out . They bought it twice . SMMA told them it was the wrong thing to do . The estimator was Chartwell : SMMA 4 ,9'