By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET
for Glasgow News 1
Preconstruction work is rolling along at the future site of a Barren County justice center along West Main Street in Glasgow.
While the sitework has been progressing, the design and engineering teams have been working on Phase C – construction document production – in preparation for the advertisement for bids on the facility’s construction. Phase D is the actual construction of the facility.
Brian Estep, a member of the design team, reported to the project development board for the justice center at its regular meeting Wednesday that the Phase C documents have been delivered to Alliance Corp., the company chosen to manage construction, as well as to the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts, which has to review the documents before any bid advertisement can move forward.
“All right, that’s great news,” said Barren County Judge-Executive Jamie Bewley Byrd, who chairs the board.
Tommy Gumm, CEO of Alliance Corp., said the company is due to have the budget prepared to accompany those documents by Feb. 5, and then those will go to the AOC for review and approval as well. Once the documents have that approval, he said, his hope is that they can advertise for bids sometime in March.
“So that’s the current schedule,” he said.
Byrd asked how long they would typically allow for bidders to respond, and Gumm told her four weeks, minimum, but maybe five weeks if they don’t get as much interest from bidders as desired.
Gumm also reported that some work to replace some previously discussed sewer line and manholes at the site has now been completed, and now that it’s done, Larry Glass Construction, the primary contractor for the preconstruction work, can finish its site preparation activity.
“They have about 70 percent of the site right now to subgrade, so that’s good …,” he said. “So all in all, it’s really going good.”
From there, with all six members present, the board proceeded to unanimously approve the following three items:
– Disbursement of $76,043.01, which includes payments to Alliance, American Engineers Inc. and others, such as a company that performed soil testing analysis;
– A prior authorization form to pay for work outside the scope of original contracts, in this case to AEI for the design of a specific type of pedestrian crossing required by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, plus work related to the relocation of sewer line and to additional soil testing, totaling $8,815;
– A change order for fiberoptic-line work totalling $97,499.03.
Dan Peffer, capital construction project coordinator for the AOC, noted that some unsuitable soils had been found, but not a significant amount, and it’s being documented. Gumm agreed that it’s not a lot, but he also expects that they may encounter a little more before all the work is done.
The next regular meeting is at noon Feb. 12. Attendance may be via Zoom, but normally may be attended in person in the circuit courtroom on Floor 2 of the Barren County Courthouse. A possibility of a location change only for that meeting date was discussed, and if it is determined it is needed, notice is to be provided at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
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