Warwick’s Building Committee approved $28,256.94 in invoices from the environmental consultant overseeing contaminated soil at the Pilgrim High School construction site. A project official said the firm has billed just under 80% of a purchase order described as roughly $650,000, and a speaker put the remaining balance at $148,000. Members asked whether the cost could be capped. A speaker said the firm is under a lump-sum contract but its scope has been evolving over the last year. Four hot spots in front of the existing building still need to be excavated, possibly next summer. Officials said they hope the remaining balance covers that work but are not certain.
Warwick, R.I. — The Warwick Building Committee approved $28,256.94 in invoices from the environmental engineering consultant on the Pilgrim High School project at Wednesday’s meeting, after members asked whether the firm’s costs could be capped, according to the Warwick Building Committee’s published meeting recording.
The consultant oversees contaminated-soil work at the Pilgrim site. A project official told the committee the firm has now billed just under 80% of a purchase order the official described as an agreement of “like $650,000” for environmental work alone. A purchase order sets the amount a vendor can bill against before the district has to add money to it…