AUDITORIUM NOT FINISHFD
BCC Board Conside
rs Switch To
Hard Boll With Contractor
BY SUSAN USHER
Brunswick Community College Trustees are chang
ing tactics in their effort to sec the Odcll Williamson
Auditorium to completion.
Chastising themselves last Wednesday night for us
ing a "nice guy" approach, trustees gave after-the-fact
support to Chairman Dave Kelly contacting the board
attorney to investigate BCC's options.
"1 am very provoked that we arc not finished," said
Kelly. "Wc should apply what pressure we can to make
sure it is completed and the way wc want it."
Said Trustee Jamie Millikcn, "I don't think there is
anybody here who won't admit we're partially to blame
for this. Wc played nice guy and it's time for us to play
bad guy. Playing good guy didn't get us anywhere."
Come September it will be four years since ground
was broken for the 1,500-seat community auditorium,
which is being built with the remaining half of S8 mil
lion in general obligations bonds for campus construc
tion approved by voters in November 1985. When
trustees awarded bids in August 1991 for the 32,773
squarc-foot facility, they expected it to be ready for use
in late 1992.
General contractor Hatcher Construction Co. missed
the original completion deadline and a 40-day negotiat
ed extension that reflected delays caused by weather,
change orders initiated by the collcg". and architect and
other factors outside the company's responsibility.
"There are probably a thousand reasons it's behind
schedule if you talk to the contractor," said Kelly. "If
you talk to members of this board, you will find not
one."
When the auditorium is ready, said Kelly, "1 think it
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will be a really nice facility. I don't want us to lose
sight of that."
Since mid-summer, at the board's request, said ar
chitect Ken Phelps of Boncy Architects, the contractor
has been asked repeatedly to complete the work as ex
peditiously as possible.
"But I have no authority to direct he put more peo
ple on the job or to
June 30 lo clcan a portion the ALS anil Classroom
buildings at night while fewer people are about, as rec
ommended by Ben DcBlois, vice president of adminis
trative services.
"One problem has been thai the crews arc here
when the faculty and staff are and that makes it difficult
lo clcan properly. We get marginal cleaning some
tell him wh;u work
to do," said Phelps.
"The architect can
assess whether the
bills reflect the
work done."
Hatcher pro
posed a new sched
ule last Wednesday
that neither other
contractors on the
job iiui the architect had hail a chance to review or
agree on prior to the board meeting, said Phelps.
In a related matter, trustees approved change orders
to cover an omission in auditorium plans that wasn't
noticed until after the concrete flooring was poured. In
three rooms, contrary' to state plumbing code, trap
primers were omitted for floor drains. Slate and county
inspectors have agreed for BCC to add laps so that the
drains can be kept wci and sewer gases kept from vent
ing into the building.
Hired On Trial Basis
Last week trustees also approved hiring Deluxe
Janitorial Services on a trial basis from Feb. 1 through
...It's time for us to play bad
guy. Playing good guy didn't
get us anywhere.
?Jamie Milliken, BCC Trustee
times, he said.
"I think the
change will he
cost effective
and will result
in a better
prixluct. If it
doesn't work,
wc can go
back."
One house
keeping crew
member will be transferred to fill a vacancy on the
grounds staff, while others, including those employed
through a contract with the Brunswick Interagency
Program, will continue cleaning the remaining build
ings on campus.
Annex Work Continues
DcBlois will begin seeking contracts to complete
renovation of remaining classrooms, halls and bath
rooms at the South port Annex at the direction last week
of the BCC Board of Trustees.
Contributions of S1(),(XX) from Brunswick County
and S5,(XX) each from Carolina Power & Light Co.,
United Carolina Bank, Security Savings & Loan and
NationsBank will cover much of the cost.
"We need another SIS.tXX) u> 5>IX,000," said
Building & Grounds Chairman A1 Woolen. "We hope it
(the cost) will come in at S30.000 to S35,(XX), but we
have no way of knowing that it will."
Hie college will use funds of its own to make up
any difference.
BCC employees renovated one classroom as a mod
el, to give potential contributors an idea of the time and
cost involved in upgrading a single classroom.
Workshop Provides Help
In Finding Money For
College-Bound Individuals
A financial aid workshop will be offered at Brunswick
Community College today (Thursday) from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. for college-bound high school students and their par
ents.
Hie workshop will cover information on scholarships,
grants and loans applicable to any college a student
might select.
Co-sponsored by guidance counselors at Brunswick
County's three high schools, the program will also in
clude how to complete the standard Financial Aid Form.
The free workshop will be held in the Student Center
of the ALS Building on BCC's main campus north of
Supply on U.S. 17 Business.
For more information contact the college's financial
aid officer at 754-6lXX). 457-6329 or 343-0203.
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