Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking for Tully will be held May 16 at 10:00 am at the project site. Five Star Building Corporation has completed stripping of loam and fencing. We anticipate footing layout, excavation, and footing rebar placement early next week.

Construction

Five Star Building Corporation of Easthampton, MA has been awarded a contract for construction of the new Tully Fire Station. Paperwork is underway and we anticipate groundbreaking on the site sometime during the month of April. The Five Star base bid was approximately $250,000.00 under the original project budget.

Bidding

General bids are due March 3, 2009 at 3:30 pm. Filed sub bids were received on the project on February 18, 2009 and were approximately $5,000.00 below the anticipated costs.

Public Hearings

The Tully Fire Station is currently undergoing town approval process. The project was presented to the Planning Board Sept. 9th. That hearing was continued until Sept. 23rd to allow for additional material to be submitted. The project has been submitted to and approved by the Board of Health. Plans to place the project out for public bids on October 29th remain in place at this point.

Selectmen's Meeting

Orange Selectmen approved borrowing for the new Tully Fire Station at their July 23rd meeting. Construction documents are rapidly approaching completion.  Initial bid dates for the project are tentatively scheduled as:  October 29, 2008 Documents available to bidders. November 19th, 2008, Filed Sub Bids, December 10th, 2008 General Bids due.