Wayland building committee approves $97,273 community center change order with schedule caveat

WAYLAND — September 24, 2024 — Wayland building committee approves community center change order but disputes a quiet four-month deadline slip. The Permanent Municipal Building Committee on Tuesday recommended approval of Change Order No. 4 at $97,273.67 — covering roughly $64,000 of heavy interior demo, solar conduit, added fire-alarm smoke devices and display-cabinet tweaks — on the condition that no general conditions costs attach to the new Feb. 11 substantial completion date. Members said they never knowingly voted to extend the original December deadline; project manager Kim Tracy reported the 42-day extension had been logged on Change Order No. 2 in June and attributed to earlier trench-demolition scope. "We've been complaining about the slippage of schedule for months," one member said. With Change Order No. 4 and pending risk-register items, roughly $216,000 in contingency would remain.