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....,. . .4 . .. r Ca .... County Sc ools I' July 13, 2006 4401 Old Airport Road PO Box 388 Concord NC 21l02fi.031l1l (704) 262-6219 (704) 262-6141 Fax Steve Little Parks and Recreation Department 2323 Concord Lake Road PO Box 707 Concord, NC 28026 Re: Boger & Furr Elememtary Schools - Costs for Enlarged Gyms Dear Steve: As we discuss today, the final cost for the enlarge gyms at Boger and Furr Elementary Schools exceeds the budget approve by the County. The enlarged gym estimate submitted by the contractor was done priorito the gym redesign work being completed. There were several items not taken into considerati~n when the contractor did this early rough estimate along with some significant price increases since March. I have been working with the architect and the contractor to redesign and V.E. (value engineer) many of the components in the gym to reduce the costs to a point where the "enlarge gym" can be built for the original budget. We have succeeding in reducing the costs to cover everything except the wood floors. It is my recommendation that we proceed with building the enlarged gyms now and look at other options to fund the wood floors illj the future, such as; 1. Waiting until next!year and utilize any contingency funds remain from the six school projects currently ~nder construction to pay for the wood floors. 2. Go back to countyi.commissioners now a request a budget increase to cover the wood floors. . Construction of the schools is progressing quickly and so as not to delay the opening of the schools next year, I have lIuthorized the contractor to install the footings for the gyms based upon the enlarged plan. The col1tractor has done so and is almost ready to pour the concrete slabs for the gym areas and I need 110 inform them whether or not the slabs should be depressed for the hardwood floors. This will require a quick decision from Parks and Recreation and County Officials if we are to inc1l\de the hardwood floors in the projects. If not, we need to install the floor slabs flush with the adjacent corridor slabs to receive VCT flooring. I apologize for the short notice on this issue. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 704-262-6219. Sincerely, Samuel Masters Director of Construction D-2.