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Published November 22, 2008 06:53 pm - By Trent Moore Staff Writer Change orders were approved at Thursday night’s Cullman County Board of Education meeting that will add approximately $114,000 to the cost for the ongoing Holly Pond Middle School construction project. Costs rise for HPMS construction The Cullman Times By Trent Moore
Staff Writer Change orders were approved at Thursday night’s Cullman County Board of Education meeting that will add approximately $114,000 to the cost for the ongoing Holly Pond Middle School construction project. The new 67 x 150 feet structure — designed by Leonard Design Architects — is set to include seven new 32 x 26 feet classrooms, as well as new office areas, a principal’s office and teacher workroom. The middle school is being built as an attachment to an existing four-classroom building on the campus, and will feature a new entrance. The original estimated cost for the project was approximately $1.5 million. Following the change orders, the total cost will be closer to $1.64 million. The architect for the addition, Jerry Bishop, said the majority of the changes — approximately $81,832, related to electrical transformers — were necessary due to added requirements from the Cullman Co-op. “The transformers are in the original design, but the co-op is the supplier of electrical service,” he said. “We originally designed it when the project was bid and the contractors expected them (transformers) to be in one location, but the co-op decided the location should be different.” Bishop said the changes led to the added cost, to ensure the project met the co-op’s specifications. “Therefore, because they decided to provide power from a different area, power had to be run from another location — getting between the transformers created a change order in itself,” Bishop said. Orders approved include $42,807 to extend electrical service to the location of transformer one on the south end of the cafeteria, $15,939 to extend electrical service to the location of transformer two at the library and $4,708 to re-feed the gymnasium from transformer two at the library. Bishop said changes during a project are a normal occurrence, as things change throughout the construction process. “That’s normal and it happens at most every project,” he said. “The engineer thinks it should be at one place, but the co-op says it should be at a different location.” A related $18,378 order to add a fire wall around the two transformer pads was also approved, due to the required changes. “It’s a requirement by the co-op, due to regulations around the building,” Bishop said. “If you don’t have a clear 30 feet from the building, you have to have one (wall).” 
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