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In FY 2002 the Board of
Supervisors allocated $385,000 for an addition to the
Marshall Community Center. The original funding request of
$365,000 was included in the Capital Improvement Program in
1996.
Upon approval of the funding
a design was developed with the approval of the Marshall
Community Center Advisory Committee and the Parks and
Recreation Board. The final design was then bid in August
2002. Six bidders responded with the low bid coming at
$467,000. Attempts to value engineer the addition for major
cost savings were not successful: structural changes
proposed by the low bidder were not acceptable to the
engineer; changes to the façade were not acceptable to the
Advisory Committee; and a reduction in the size of the
structure could not be effected due to the different
entrances and levels that needed to be served by the
connection. In the end the bids had to be rejected since
other funding was not feasible at that time to supplement
the base budget.
The Parks and Recreation
Board continued to work with a local builder and the
architect to identify potential cost savings. Early in 2004
the Parks and Recreation Board decided to eliminate all
interior partitions/walls and all interior finishes in order
to erect the shell of the building that achieved a community
goal of preserving the character of the original structure.
This project was bid in April 2004 and the low bid of
$444,850 was received from Miller Brothers, Inc. of
Marshall, Virginia. The Parks and Recreation Board worked
with the architect and bidder to further reduce this cost to
$434,850. Costs for contingency, permits, testing, and
construction administration will total approximately
$56,750. |