HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-04-08, Page 17THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987. PAGE. 17.
London company gets museum contract
BY BOB MURPHY
Huron County Council last week
awarded the contractfor the Huron
County Pioneer Museum redeve
lopment project to a London firm.
At its regular meeting last
Tuesday in Goderich, council gave
its approval to a museum commit
tee recommendation to award the
contract to Bach-McDougall, Engi
neers and Contractors at a price tag
of $2.4 million. That figure,
however, is more than $200,000
lower than the firm’s original
tender - the lowest of three
observation that although some of
the deleted items could be re-in
stated at a later date, some
changes, however, were irrever
sible.
To the question of why it was
decidedtonegotiatethe adjust
ments rather than go through the
procedure of re-tendering, Mr.
Breede told council it would have
been far too costly.
Mr. Borgal said the county
would have been faced with an
increase in construction costs of as
high as 25 per cent had re-tender
ing been necessary. In addition,
there would have been extra costs
incurred in order to redesign the
project.
What you see when you look at
this list (the negotiated changes) is
the ‘nice to have’ items that are
being deleted,” Mr. Breede said.
These items had been deleted, he
added, * ‘because we felt we had an
obligation to bring this project in on
target.”
During the museum committee
report, presented by Goderich
Reeve Harry Worsell, council was
told demolition has already begun
tomakeway for the renovations
and restoration to the museum.
Mr. Breede also said he is
confident the contractor will be on
site and ready to proceed within 10
days.
In other business related to the
museum, Howard Harris of God
erich, ‘‘Friends of the Huron
County Pioneer Museum” presi
dent, appeared before council to
announce a fund-raising project
his group is undertaking.
Mr. Harris said the project
involves selling building blocks to
be used in the renovation and
restoration work, atapriceof$5
each. The group hopes to raise at
least $10,000 for the museum
through this sale, he said, although
the ultimate target is twice that
figure.
He thanked council for its
diligence in giving its attention to
what was needed at the museum.
‘‘Your forethought will go a long
wayintothefuture,”hesaid. ‘‘Our
children and grandchildren will
reap the reward.”
submitted - of $2,606,800.
Following the opening of tend
ers at a meeting March 19, the
committee authorized Project Dir
ector Claus Breede and Architect
Christopher Borgal to meet with
the lowest bidder to negotiate
reductions in the total tender
price. The $2.4 million price is the
result.
Tomeetthenew price, a number
of substitutions and deletions were
made in the original tender, some
of which could be put back in at a
later date should additional fund
ing be confirmed prior to comple
tion of work by the contractor.
Mr. Breede, following council’s
approval of the recommendation,
had difficulty supressing his plea
sure. “I feel this is a good day for
the county,” hesaid. ‘‘A dream
appears to be on the horizon.”
Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnston
expressed some concerns over
some of the changes in construc
tion materials from those originally
specified. Both Mr. Borgal and the
project director agreed with his
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