RSS Feed
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Letter To The Editor
For the past several weeks, representatives of the Clarke County Commission, the architect firm, and the contractor have held bi-weekly meetings on the progress of the courthouse addition. I have been attending these Owner-Architect-Contractor (OAC) meetings. At today's meeting [Sept. 14], Mr. Jemmie Tucker, Project Manager, thought it would be a good thing to explain the bricks that were the subject of a front page picture and caption in the Sept. 7 issue of The Democrat ["Slow work...or fast kudzu?"]. Mr. Tucker said it is a sign of good management that the bricks are there. The project was delayed in the awarding for a period of about three months. The bricks were covered by price protection for a short time, Mr. Tucker said, so to take advantage of price protection, in view of the rising cost of construction materials, the bricks were brought on site early. The Commission provided a place to stack them and paid for them at that time. The same has been done with the light fixtures and the columns for the front of the building, among other items. Mr. Tucker said that some materials have been the subject of a letter saying, "Accept delivery now or face a 33 percent upcharge." I am glad I have been attending these OAC meetings. I agreed with Mr. Tucker that you might like to have an explanation since you wondered in print about the reason for the bricks being there so long, so I volunteered to convey his thoughts to you. The project is not far behind schedule. There have been a few weather days. The completion date for the building is now projected to be mid-April, 2007.
Patricia DuBose Clarke County Commissioner
Editor's note: Now we know we can blame the fast kudzu and not the work. We did observe last week-after the the above photo ran in the newspaper-that the bricks were being reclaimed from the kudzu, moved next to the new building and bricklaying has started.
|
for larger version       |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
