posted by Joe Polk at 1:20 AM /
The Mt. Lebanon High School renovation project could begin early next year if a series of proposed changes are enough to bring contractors' bids in under budget, officials said Monday night.
In the four months since bids came in millions over budget, school officials, architects and project managers have been poring over more than $16 million worth of changes, ranging from removing an entire floor from the plans to using different materials in the benches for a dance classroom.
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In the four months since bids came in millions over budget, school officials, architects and project managers have been poring over more than $16 million worth of changes, ranging from removing an entire floor from the plans to using different materials in the benches for a dance classroom.
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- www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_750662.html (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Labels: high school renovation, school board, school district
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Mt. Lebanon School Board Relishes Celli's Relish
The Board relished Celli's Original Relish.
Following the bid opening, the Board relished the opportunity to visit the kitchen and make the relish better.
And now with an estimated $16 million of relish back on the shelf, the Board relishes the opportunity to re-bid.
Interesting how the Board needed this $16 million dollars of relish when they thought it was under the referendum limit - and now we find we don't need the exact amount of relish that keeps the project under any applicable limits.
Any chance of putting more relish back on the shelf?
Nope - The Board thinks we are buying just the right amount of relish to suit THEIR taste.
They could have asked the folks picking up the check!
and what happens if it's still over budget?
Matthew,
If it's still over budget second time around, I think it's time to prepare tar & feathers for the whole crew...SB, Admin & hired enablers...and run 'em out of town.
Bill Lewis
Why wait?
Mt. Lebanon School Board Pickles Taxpayers
Some of the $16 million savings is not relish after all – it is pickle.
The School Board has put taxpayers in a pickle by assuming more risk in this 100+ million dollar project, most notably by going with multiple prime contractors, as opposed to using a single prime general contractor.
The Board’s strategy is to lower the original bids for Celli’s New and Improved Relish, while pickling the taxpayers with a potentially greater total project cost as unbudgeted expenses mount through the project. This is classic kicking the pickle jar down the road …
Pickles it is and pickled we are!
Personally, I'd rather get pickled by beverages that I can control then by flim-flamming by those totally out of control !
Bill Lewis
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