Wayland building committee rejects $179,000 community center change order

WAYLAND — December 3, 2024 — Wayland's PMBC rejects $179,000 contractor change order, citing weak schedule documentation. The Permanent Municipal Building Committee on Tuesday declined to approve PCO 30 revision 4 on the Council on Aging community center, directing staff to make the contractor split out roughly $117,164 in general-conditions and schedule-extension costs from a separate equipment-panel scope item. Acting Chair Brian Chase said the contractor's monthly schedules — ranging from 89 tasks at baseline to more than 500 in the latest revision, with no procurement tracking until July — "don't tick and tie." Project manager Kim reported a revised total budget of $12.37 million after the finance department disallowed a $100,000 Friends donation and $50,000 fiber line, leaving just $73,091 in unallocated contingency, a figure members said likely contains math errors. "We may be flat out of money," Chase said, ordering a full forecast-to-complete and a freeze on discretionary spending including a $175,000 furniture order.