Building committee rejects community center contractor's $179,000 change order

WAYLAND — December 3, 2024 — Wayland building committee rejects $179,000 community center change order amid contingency crunch. The Permanent Municipal Building Committee on Dec. 3 directed the contractor to split a disputed claim into separate filings — roughly $117,164 in extended general conditions and schedule costs, and about $40,000 for a redesigned electrical equipment panel — after Acting Chair Brian Chase walked members through a year of shifting schedule submissions that grew from 89 baseline tasks to 512 in the latest revision, with no procurement tracking until July. The revised project budget now stands at $12,370,000, with only $73,000 in unallocated contingency against $356,181 in approved change orders and $286,028 in pending estimates. "We may be flat out of money," one member said. The committee froze a roughly $175,000 furniture order pending a revised forecast to the town manager.