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Fir- FEB 24 1987 1 BOOK 67 9J r®: The Honorable Members ®��-�: February 12, 1987 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners THRU: Charles P. Balczun SUBJECT: - County Administrator Indian River County Jail Project - Phase I; Substantial Completion H. T. FROM: Direc REFERENCES: General Conditions General Sery ces of the Contract for • Construction Substantial Completion is defined in Article 8.1.3 of the General Conditions of the Contract for Construction as, "the Date certified by the Architect when construction is sufficiently complete, in accordance with the Contract Documents, so the Owner can occupy or utilize the work or designated portion thereof for the use for which it is intended." The first Certificate of Substantial Completion was submitted in December. Staff did not agree with the Architect, and after meeting with all parties involved, that submittal was voided. The Architect has determined, on the basis of an inspection, that the -project is substantially complete as per the contract documents, and issued the Certificate along with applicable "punch -list" items. The Contractor has twenty-eight (28) days to complete that list. Commissioner Bird was concerned about the amount of paper used to copy the architect's punch list that is included in today's backup material. He felt it would have been sufficient to have one copy of the punch list put on file in the Commission Office. General Services Director Sonny Dean confirmed that the punch list has been completed, except for one sign. Chairman Scurlock understood that the only remaining items are the switches and the acoustical problem, but Director Dean emphasized that those items are design problems, not contractor problems. The Certificate of Occupancy has not been issued as yet, but the inspection was scheduled for yesterday. Chairman Scurlock asked what documentation we have from the Architect on those two design problems, because when we met with 18