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Historic Façade Renovation & Repair Project


The Façade Renovation and Repair project nears completion with only punch list items and landscaping remaining. A community celebration of this historic building is set for May 22, 2010 from 1 to 3 pm. Please join us for a casual afternoon with friends and neighbors.


Background:

The Board of Library Trustees voted on September 2, 2009 to enter into contract with Consigli Construction as general contractor for the renovation project following the public bidding process. Work is commenced in mid September and extended through January with some small items dependent upon warm weather delayed until after the spring thaw (landscaping, front brick pathway).

The Gleason Public Library Restoration and Repair Project, under the Community for Preservation Act, was approved with a total budget of $775,000 on May 4, 2009 at town meeting. Subsequently, after review of the work to date and agreement among the BRIC and Board of Trustees, the contract with Lerner| Ladds & Bartels, Inc. was amended to complete Phase II of the project which includes completion of the bid documents and overseeing the construction project. The Building Committee and Town Counsel reviewed drafts of these documents before it was posted as a public bid. The Project was presented to both the Conservation Commission (August) and Historical Commission (July) for approval of components of the project.

The Project was posted in the Central Register on July 22, 2009. An ad ran in the July 18, 2009 Boston Globe. The project materials (including plans, specifications, addendums, etc) were available at projectdog.com project #704778. Subbids were due on August 6 and general contractor bids were due on August 20. All documentation was reviewed including the qualifications outlined in the specifications and DCAM's records on general contractors reviewed before the Architect presented their findings and the Building Committee and Board of Trustees voted to enter into contract.

The project includes a comprehensive repair to stop water damage and deterioration to the 114 year old historic building. This historic building has never received comprehensive work. To date, only small, maintenance efforts have been made. Water infiltration has been a growing problem for at least several decardes. It is important to note that this is a separate project from the renovation/expansion project of 2000.

RFQ Design Process 2008

In December 2008, the Board of Library Trustees entered into contract with Lerner | Ladds + Bartels, Inc., with Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger (Engineering Firm) to complete phase 1 of the project. The Executive Summary of the report is attached (click here to download). In addition, the full report can be found at the Gleason Public Library at the Reference Desk.

Lerner | Ladds + Bartels, Inc was selected through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Design Service process in September titled "To Diagnose Deterioration and Water Damage and to Develop Plans for the Restoration and Repair of the Gleason Public Library Historic Building Envelope" This RFQ was posted in the August 6, 2008 Central Register and Lowell Sun on the same date. Application: RFQ and Form DSB 2005. Additional information:
Document 1, August
Document 2, August 20
Document 3, August 20


Building Restoration Implementation Committee: Neal Emmer, Robert Hilton, Albert Innamorati, Robert Koning, Sally Swift, (Library Trustees) Ann Rosas, Dale Ryder (FY07-09), Larissa Shyjan (FY10-12), Priscilla Stevens, (Town Employees) Elizabeth DeMille Barnett and Angela Mollet.

Committee Meeting Minutes

Click to download documents:
September 2, 2009
August 20, 2009
August 13, 2009
August 11, 2009
August 6, 2009
June 24, 2009
June 19, 2009
June 12, 2009
May 12, 2009
April 7, 2009
Executive Summary of Report, February 24, 2009
February 17, 2009
January 30, 2009
November 20, 2008
November 7, 2008
October 16, 2008
October 2, 2008
September 25, 2008
September 18, 2008
August 14, 2008
July 24, 2008
June 12, 2008
May 29, 2008
May 15, 2008
April 29, 2008

Information regarding this project will be posted here on an ongoing basis. If there are any questions, they should be directed to Angela Mollet.


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