Wayland building panel conditionally approves $97,273 community center change order

WAYLAND — September 24, 2024 — Wayland building panel conditionally approves $97,273 community center change order amid schedule dispute. The Permanent Municipal Building Committee unanimously approved Change Order No. 4 — four PCOs totaling $97,273.67, including roughly $64,000 in time-and-materials demolition of dense interior concrete — but only after stripping out any cost tied to a Feb. 11 substantial completion date that members said they never knowingly authorized. Project manager Kim Tracy told the panel the extension had been folded into June's Change Order No. 2 and "attributed to" the earlier T&M scope; members called the move an apparent oversight and demanded the history be memorialized. Approved change orders now total roughly $198,000 against a $269,000 estimate, leaving about $216,000 in contingency. Tracy reported siding nearly complete, a Friday blower-door test, and an early-October drywall start, with members urging her to "hound" Eversource on a 300 kVA transformer needed for permanent power.