Contractor bids opened for new village hall project

By Jason Emerson

As of Thursday, December 13, 2012 -2:04 p.m.

New village hall construction bid opening results:

CONTRACT NO. 1 — GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Marchuska Brothers Construction, LLC: $810,035

Parsons-McKenna Construction: $696,100

Bellows Construction Specialities, LLC: $806,102

J.D. Taylor Construction Corp.:$771,000

Bouley Associates, Inc.: $723,000

GM Crisalli & Associates, Inc.: $739,950

James & Son Construction Co., Inc.: $656,000

MCK Building Associates, Inc.: $785,000

CONTRACT NO. 2 — PLUMBING

HMI Mechanical Systems: $96,500

Daniel D'Amico: $116,420

Avolio Brothers: $92,505

Brosh Mechanical, Inc.: $104,000

Siracusa Mechanical, Inc.: $119,740

CONTRACT NO. 3 — GEOTHERMAL CONSTRUCTION

American Auger & Ditching Co.: $29,480

Nothnagle Drilling, Inc.: $54,000

CONTRACT NO. 4 — MECHANICAL

HMI Mechanical Systems: $133,500

Tag Mechanical: $132,000

King & King Mechanical: $151,129

Airside Technology: $169,878

Airtech Heating & Air Conditioning Systems: $144,715

Daniel D'Amico: $165,600

CONTRACT NO. 5 — ELECTRIC

Knapp Electric: $143,200

Beken Contracting: $169,000

Edgeline Electric: $143,400

Patricia Electric: $164,000

TOTAL APPARENT LOW BIDDER PROJ. COST: $1,053,185

Skaneateles — About two dozen local and regional contractors attended the opening of construction bids for the new village hall renovation project on Wednesday, Nov. 12, to learn who is most likely to be hired for the five different contracts necessary for the work.

Four of the five contracts – general construction, plumbing, mechanical and electric – had four or more bids submitted for consideration, while the fifth contract – geothermal construction – had only two. Some of the bids differed by hundreds of thousands of dollars, others by only hundreds of dollars.

“We got good bids as far as competition,” said Mayor Marty Hubbard at the end of the bid opening meeting. “It takes all the uncertainty of the value out of it.”

All the members of the New Village Hall Steering Committee, which is overseeing the renovations to the Fennell Street fire station to turn it into the new village hall, were present for the bid opening, as was project architect Connie Brace.

Skaneateles Press