Lincoln Select Board awards $5.49 million town office construction contract to CTA

LINCOLN — April 12, 2012 — Lincoln Select Board awards $5.49 million town office contract, 13 percent over estimate. The board on April 2 unanimously awarded the general construction contract for the Lincoln Road town office renovation to CTA Construction at $5,491,000, the lowest of 13 general contractor bids, while rejecting filed sub-bids for elevators and for glass and glazing because too few bidders responded. Owner's project manager Dick Thuma of Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype told the board the project came in roughly 13 percent above estimated hard cost, citing a recent surge in public-sector bidding, rising fuel costs and bidder speculation. The board also voted to submit corrective state legislation, "An Act Validating the Actions Taken at a Certain Election Held in the Town of Lincoln," after three voter-approved liquor license questions for The Groves, AKA Bistro and a second retail beer-and-wine license were inadvertently omitted from the town meeting warrant. State Sen. Susan Fargo's office is shepherding the bill; the fix is expected within 60 days. Members also set the fall special town meeting on the school project for Nov. 3, with the debt-exclusion election Nov. 6. Groundbreaking on the town offices is April 23.