HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-01-07-PBC-min.pdf TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE
Minutes of Tuesday January 7 1997 Meeting in second floor room outside
the Media Center, Lexington High School , as approved February 4, 1997
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bruckman at 7 47 p m with
other committee members Peter Kelley, Philip Poinelli , Peter Johnson and
Mary Lou Touart present Also present was Director of School Buildings
Operation John Moynihan, who was also attending the School Committee
meeting in the Media Center
Construction management A meeting with Town Manager, DPW Director
Woodbury and Town Engineer Fields was reported by Chairman Bruckman, who
also attended The subject of that meeting was the advisability of
hiring a construction manager or firm before the design and construction
documents are finalized The aim is to ensure high quality control and
help with the phasing - basically an owner' s representative Poinelli ,
Johnson and Moyhnihan all had unfavorable reports of their experience of
construction managers Agreed that the committee, who are in charge of
the project , should give careful review to all construction documents
while in progress , beginning with schematic concepts On site there
should be a clerk-of-the-works who should do code review and be able to
estimate costs , including life cycle costs This person should be
assisted by a paper-work pusher These two should be hired by the town
Peter Kelley and John Moynihan agreed to draft specification for these
jobs The committee estimated that this route would be less costly than
hiring a construction management firm
Space Study review of documents submitted Elementary Schools report
was submitted October 21 and December 16, with computer rooms added in
all elementary schools at the later time (Option 4) For each
anticipated student 115 square feet is planned A summary of enrollment
projections in the out years shows a drop-off in population at some
schools The committee looked at schematics showing additional space to
be added at each school (though not necessarily placed as might be in
construction plans) An early childhood education center is to be
relocated to Fiske School , where a sizeable addition is envisioned
Anticipated problems of compliances and obtaining early comments from
school personnel were noted The need for full consideration of site
configurations and conditions , traffic patterns and recreational uses of
the school ground was cited Peter Kelley reported that he had talked
with Recreation Committee Chairman Sandra Shaw The committee asked
that site characteristics and configurations be shown in plans for next
viewing
Meeting adjourned at 9 15 p m so that members present could attend the
ongoing School Committee meeting in the Media Center
Respectfully submitted,
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Erna S Greene, Secretary