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Home My WebLink About1970-10-05 Board of Public Works Minutes OCTOBER 5, 1970 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OPENED AT 7:30 P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN WHITE, SECRETARY COCHRANE, BOARD MEMBERS FLORENCE, HODGKINS AND WATT AND SUPERIN- TENDENT LOUANIS. READ LETTER FROM METCALF & EDDY, INC. CONCERNING COSTS TO DATE AND REQUESTING THAT THE UPSET LIMIT AS STATED IN THE CONTRACT OF JANUARY 26, 1970 BE INCREASED BY THE SUM OF $20, 000. 00 (SEE ATTACHED LETTER . MR. WATT WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE STATES ATTITUDE COST THE TOWN THE PRICE OF THE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AND ADDITIONAL FEES,AND SAW NO OPTION. MR. WATT MOVED, MR. COCHRANE SECONDED AND IT WAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE CHANCE IN SCOPE. READ NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT WHICH STATED THAT A SPECIAL MEETING WOULD BE HELD WEDNESDAY, AT 7:30 P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEETING THE CONTRACTOR ON THE PRO- POSED MUNICIPAL INCINERATOR AND SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT. BECAUSE OF COLUMBUS DAY, THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 19. THE BOARD SIGNED THE 1970 MEMORANDUM OF UNDER- STANDING RELATIVE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF A SECTION OF ROAD ' IN READING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 34, CHAPTER 90 OF THE GENERAL LAWS - $20, 900 ON HAVERHILL STREET. THE BOARD NET WITH ERNEST NIGRO, ATTORNEY, WHOSE , OFFICE REPRESENTS THE HEIRS OF BERNICE BATCHELDER. ACCORD- ING TO MR. NIGRO, THERE ARE ABOUT 45 OR 50 LOTS IN THIS SUBDIVISION OFF FRANKLIN STREET. THE LACK OF SEWER PRE- SENTS A PROBLEM. MR. NIGRO WAS ASKED BY THE HEIRS TO II, BRING TO THE BOARDS ATTENTION THAT THERE WOULD BE ADVAN- TAGES TO THE TOWN NOW AND TO THE HEIRS OF THE BATCHELDER ESTATES LATER IF THE TOWN COULD BRING THE SEWER UP THROUGH BATCHELDER ROAD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BATCHELDER ROAD IS SCHEDULED FOR SEWER IN 1874. THE ANTICIPATED COST WILL BE ABOUT $30, 000. 00. MR. WATT QUESTIONED THE ADVISABILITY ' OF NOT CHANGING THE PROGRAM AND REQUESTING SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR ANOTHER SEGMENT. A DISCUSSION ENSUED. THE SUPERIN- TENDENT WILL LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD ADJOURNED TEMPORARILY AT 8:30 P.M. TO MEET AS THE BOARD OF SURVEY. THE BOARD RECONVENED AT 8:40 P.M. READ LETTER FROM JOHN W. SEARS, COMMISSIONER,, M.D. C. ON THE SUBJECT OF "PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OR ERTEN- III SIGNS TO THE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE SYSTEM ". THE SUPERIN- TENDENT WILL ATTEND A HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 15, 1970 AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD. READ LETTER FROM JOSEPH P. SPINELLI REQUESTING THAT THE METER FOR HIS COMPLEX ON SUMMER AVENUE BE PLACED IN BUILDING #G INSTEAD OF A METER BOX NEAR THE INTERSEC- TION OF HIS DRIVEWAY AND SUMMER AVENUE; ALSO PERMISSION TO START THE SEWER WORK AND REROUTE THE DRAIN LINE ON BROOK STREET. NR. COCHRANE MOVED, IT WAS SECONDED AND VOTED THAT THE METER MUST BE INSTALLED IN A METER PIT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MR. SPINELLI 'S DRIVEWAY AND SUMMER AVENUE AND THAT HE PRESENT A DEFINITIVE PLAN OF BOTH SANITARY AND STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS WHICH CONFORM WITH THE HATCH ACT AND ENGINEERING REQUESTS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN. THE BOARD MET WITH Na. FRANK POST OF ST. REGIS PAPER WHO SHOWED A FILM ON THE REFUSE SACK SYSTEM OF RUB- BISH COLLECTION AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD IN RELATION THERETO. THE BOARD SIGNED THE BILLROLL DATED OCTOBER 2 AND PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 28 THROUGH OCTOBER 4. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:45 P.M. RESPECTFULLY SUBMI Z'TED SEC ET Y IR El AIEIN 7111 EU a .—E., ncc m AR LR AUILI INU BOS PINMASSACHUSETTS[oo NUE �, 9M ETCALF & EDDY L N G N e e a s RUN AN A I'S A LIFE - " September 28, 1970 ""CSD - Reading Incin. P°E" 1073 Town of Reading Municipal Building 16 Lowell Street Reading, Massachusetts Attention: E. Roger Louanis Superintendent of Public Works Subject: Town of Reading Metal Building, Foundations and Appurtenant Work August, 1970 Gentlemen: On September 24, 1970, four (4) bids were receivedand opened for the construction of Metal Building, Foundations and Appurtenant Work, Contract of August, 1970, for the Town of Reading, Massachusetts. The bids have been checked and tabulated and Connolly Bros. , Inc. of 20 Oak St. , Beverly Farms, Mass. is the low bidder with a bid of Three Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand One-Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($363,148.00) . Two copies of the bid tabulation are enclosed for your review and files. Our review of the bid documents disclosed that Connolly Bros. , Inc. , in their submittal of a subbid. for Item 2a - Architectural Masonry, did not acknowledge receipt of Addendum No. 2. Town of Reading _2_ September 28, 1970 Addendum No. 2 made a change in the electrical work and made no reference to architectural masonry, the subbid item 2a. The addendum was sent, certified mail, to Connolly Bros. , Inc. and a return receipt was signed by an employee of the contractor on September 15, 1970. In view of the fact that Connolly Bros. , Inc. acknowledged receipt of Addendum No. 2 in the bid for the general contract, we recommend that the omission of the reference to Addendum No. 2 in the subbid be waived . Items 2c and 2d were bid as allowances in the general bid as submitted by Connolly Hos. , Inc. Subbids for Items 2c and 2d were taken on September 24, 1970. The total of these two low subbids is19,079• The total of the allowance for these two items is $1,800. This makes the adjusted total amount of the low bid by Connolly Bros. , Inc. to be Three Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty-Seven Dollars ($365,427.00) as shown on the bid tabulation. We have reviewed the financial rating of Connolly Bros. , Inc. and have contacted responsible officials concerned with projects recently completed by the contractor of a size and nature comparable to this contract. Connolly Bros. , Inc. appears to possess the financial resources and the experience necessary to complete this contract. We recommend that the Town of Reading award the contract for the Construction of Metal Building, Foundations and Appurtenant Work, August 1970, to Connolly Bros. , Inc. , 20 Oak St. , Beverly Farms, Mass. in the amount of $365,427.00. If our recommendations are accepted by the Town, please notify us of your intent to award the contract to Connolly Bros. , Inc. Upon receipt of such notice, we will inform the contractor to obtain the required bonds and insurance and execute the Agreement. We will then forward the documents to the Town for signature. Very truly yours, METCALF & EDDY, INC. `John H. Britt Construction Engineer JHB:cal Encl. { .• r o ry ry [ w r a n n I - -.1 • • o • r.. r Ny... INLoor. IN. LARlAT ecn n f STATLER BUILDING BOSTON oeo as ACNU5En502'ES CIGI M ETCALF & EDDY e N c i N e e R s E17. •R, > L AIL LA LAI TIIIR September 28, 1970 J-9390 Board of Public Works Municipal Building . Reading, Massachusetts 01867 Gentlemen: Based on our discussions of September 2, 1970 , concerning our engineering costs to date , we request that the upset limit - as stated in our contract of January 26 , 1970 , be increased by the sum of $20 ,000. Including an earlier increase of $3,000 for subsurface investigations , the upset limit for the contract would then become $68,000 . The cause for the $20,000 increase in the basic design fee can be generally attributed to an overall increase in the scope of work. Specific areas which increased in complexity as the design was developed are : a. A significant amount of time was required to define and meet the particulate emission requirements of the Bureau of Air Pollution-Radiological Health of the Public Health Department. b . To implement (a) above , it was necessary to change from the previously considered wet scrubber system to a cooling chamber and electrostatic precipitator. C. As the overall complexity of the facility increased, more time was necessary to ensure a proper interface between the "package" modular incinerator units and the overall facility design. Board of Public Works •, p ' d. A general increase in the scope of certain design items such as the parking area, washdown area, '. automated weighing facility, etc. , developed as the overall function of the facility was -closely examined. I£ more detailed information is required, we would be most happy to supply it. It should be noted that services still to be performed that are included in the $68,000 fee are : a. Checking of shop drawings , b . Assembling maintenance and operations instructions . Very truly yours, 4rian'�R MMETETTCALF & EDDY, INC. . HogProjeManager PDG:mr