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NOV 191980 BOOK 45 PnE 287 COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF HE IS TRYING TO SAY THAT THE CONTRACTOR FEELS TO PUT THE PANELING UP WILL REQUIRE 20 DAYS TIME, AND MR. KONTOULAS NOTED THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS SAYING THAT IT COULD, BUT NOT THAT IT NECESSARILY WILL. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ASKED WHAT THE NET RESULT WOULD BE IF THIS CHANGE ORDER WERE NOT APPROVED, AND MR. KONTOULAS STATED THAT THE COURTROOMS WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF DRYWALL AND PANELING WHICH WOULD BE VERY UNSIGHTLY. HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL THAT WHERE THE WINDOWS WERE TAKEN OUT, THERE IS JUST DRYWALL INTERMITTENTLY AMID PANELING. COMMISSIONER BIRD WISHED TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF WINDOWS TAKEN OUT WHICH LEFT VOIDS THAT MUST BE FILLED IN. MR. KONTOULAS STATED THAT THERE WAS ONE WINDOW REMOVED IN EACH COURTROOM; SEVEN WINDOWS ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT AND ONE BECOMES A DOOR OPENING. COMMISSIONER BIRD THEN ASKED IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $13,000 TO FILL THOSE INDENTATIONS, AND MR. KONTOULAS EXPLAINED THAT WAS THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO DO THE WHOLE ROOM; THE PANELING WILL BE LAMINATED OVER THE DRYWALL. COMMISSIONER WODTKE DISCUSSED THE ACTUAL COSTS OF MATERIAL AND LABOR INVOLVED, PLUS 26% ALLOWED FOR OVERHEAD AND A POSSIBILITY OF 20 EXTRA DAYS, HE FELT THIS WORK MUST BE DONE, BUT NOTED THAT IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE ITEM AND AN EXPENSIVE MISTAKE FOR US TO HAVE TO SWALLOW. MR. KONTOULAS POINTED OUT THAT BEFORE COMPLETION WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE ARCHITECT, DISCUSS THESE MISTAKES, AND POSSIBLY GET SOME REBATE OR PERHAPS EVEN END UP IN COURT. ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED ON THE ADDED PARAGRAPH ON THE CHANGE ORDER ABOUT EXTRA TIME, WHICH HE FELT AMOUNTS TO ACQUIESCENCE ON THE PART OF THE BOARD THAT WE MIGHT END UP WITH 20 DAYS ADDITIONAL, AND WE, THEREFORE, WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO DENY'THE 20 DAYS AT THE END OF THE JOB. 42