November 11, 2009Town awards pool jobby Terry MyersDeep River council has hired a company to repair the brickwork at the community pool. Council agreed last week to award the contract to Peak Construction of North Bay. Peak Construction was the low bidder for the job, at a cost of $85,000. Council also allowed another $10,000 for engineering work. The town has $92,000 in reserve for work at the pool. The rest will be recovered in future contributions. Town superintendent Belo Csomor reported that the town received four bids on the job, which includes removing and replacing the top third of the brickwork around the outside of the pool building. The contractor will also be expected to repair the “buttresses” at the back of the pool building. Peak Construction was the lowest bidder for the basic brickwork at $70,000. Other bids ranged from $98,900 to $155,000. However, Csomor noted that the contractors were also asked to provide “alternate proposals” to deal with the wear and tear on the brick walls. Peak Construction's proposal includes removing the top 12 feet of brickwork, installing a “Blueskin” air/vapour barrier and four inches of rigid insulation, and then covering it with metal siding to match the top portion of the pool building. Peak's bid for its alternate proposal was the $85,000 price council agreed to. Csomor said the town's engineering consultants, Jp2g, are “fairly confident” the addition of the vapour barrier and insulation would prevent the problem of moisture escaping through the upper pool wall and damaging the brickwork. He said Peak Construction will begin work “as soon as we can get them here” after they finish the job they are currently working on. Mayor Ann Aikens wondered whether starting this late in the season, with colder weather coming on, would cause any problems with the new masonry. Csomor said that was discussed with all the contractors who bid on the job, and “none of them had a problem with that.” “They can deal with that,” he said. Repairing the brickwork is just the first of many jobs to be done at the pool. The next major item is to replace the pool's Dectron or “dry-o-tron” unit. The latest estimates put the cost at about $350,000. Council has directed staff to gather enough information that the town will be able to move ahead with the job early next spring. |
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