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O'BRIEN
ARCHITECTURE
PI. ANNING - INTERIORS
July 18, 1986
Mr. Larry Lieneke
Howard U. Freeman, Inc.
1424 E. Grauwyler
Irving, Texas 75060
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Pro2ect No. 8457
Dear Larry:
I am in receipt of your letter of July 9, 1986 regarding proposed Change
Order No. 25. After reading and reviewing the information contained in
this letter and discussing the handrail issue at length with Mr. Mike Henjum,
I still disagree with the statements that were made in your letter. The
specific statement is that, "verbal approval was given to the Howard U. Freeman
Company to proceed with the modifications to the stair handrails in both
Stairway A and B". Both Mike and I remember specifically that we could not
approve this item because of the costs which had been quoted by both Howard
U. Freeman Company and Ryan Steel and, if memory sCr"ves correct, final pricing
was required prior to you proceeding with any of this work.
It is not normal policy for our firm., to verbally approve field modifications
without followup by either a Change Order or Construction Change Authorization
and in most cases a Construction Change Authorization is always signed prior
to the General Contractor proceeding with any work. I feel you must agree
that this has been the case throughout this project and in all cases in the
past the Howard U. Freeman Company has refused to proceed with any work until
such a time as a Construction Change Authorization has been fully executed
by both the Owner and Architect.
In keeping with the information which ! have provided above we still stand by
the exceptions noted in my original letter and state that the Howard U. Freeman
Company was never given any verbal approval by either myself or Mr. Mike Henjum
to proceed with this additional work and as stated in my letter, "this additional
work was found not to be required after the December 19, 1986 Proposal Request
had been ~ssued".
Sincerely, /
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"Richara d.' Bertani
cc: Ed Powell, Tony Callaway, Jack Waschitz
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Director-~f~Constructlon Administration
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ARCHITECTURE
PLANNING · INTERIORS
Mr. Ed Powell
City Engineer
City of Coppell ~
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
RE: Coppell Town Center
Project No. 8457
Dear Ed:
We have proceeded with the preparation of Change Orders Nos. 14, 15 and
16 for the above referenced project and have forwarded them this date to
the General Contractor for his signature and routing to your attention
for final execution and distribution. A review of these change orders
is as follows:
1. Change Order 14 - Refer to P.R. No. 15. This change order
involves the General Contractor providing and installing two light
fixtures to illuminate the painting which has been donated to the
City of Coppell which will be located immediately adjacent to Door
104 on second level near the entry to the library. The cost of
this change order is in the amount of $406 and involves no increase
to the Contract Time.
2. Change Order 15 - Refer to P.R. No. 16. The General Contractor
is to provide and install three 3070 solid core paint grade birch
doors including all hardware and any other materials necessary for
a complete installation at Doors 42, 59 and 86 which were the loca-
tions of previously deleted vault area. The cost for this change
is in the amount of $1729. Per our telephone conversation of Fri-
day, June 27, 1986 we had advised you that the cost of this item
appeared somewhat high, especially when you consider that the per
door cost is in excess of $575 and does not include the cost of a
door frame. At your direction, we have prepared Change Order No.
15 for your presentation to the City Council for their decision
even though, at this time, we would not recommend approval. Also,
the General Contractor had included a 90-day extension of time to
accomplish the work included in this change order, but since this
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Mr. Ed Powell
July 1, 1986
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work will not be required to be in place for substantial com-
pletion, per previous discussions with you and Jack WasChitz, no
extension of time will be granted should this change order be
executed.
3. Change Order 16: Refer to Construction Change Authorization
No. 2 and General Contractor Proposed Changes 32, 35 and 38. This
Change Order involves the following items: a) adding four addi-
tional steel bunks in Jail cell area, b) revisions to computer room
115, c) adding a window unit in the west wall of communication room
134, d) providing a pattern to the terrazo floor in lobby area 102.
The General Contractor has indicated that the cost for changes a
through d is in the amount of $6810 and has required an additional
42 days of construction time to accomplish this work. Per previous
agreements between the Owner and General Contractor, this extension
of time has previously been granted, thus making the revised com-
pletion date May 8, 1986. After reviewing all of the appropriate
information and costing provided by the General Contractor we rec-
ommend approval of Change Order 16.
Should ~ou have any questions regarding Change Orders 14, 15 or 16,
pleas~d~ot hesitate to contact us.
RJB/sdc
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