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Commissioner Eggert inquired as to -Item 2 and asked if that indicated that things don't fit. Mr. Glenewenkle replied that was right, that there was not enough room and they had to drop the ceilings. Commissioner Macht felt that the comments were well taken and that, in spite of problems, the project was not really too much over the norm. He also mentioned that a large number of the changes were attributable to the Commission based on things discovered at the Seminar in Polk County. General Services Manager Sonny Dean advised that what you have before you today is Change Order No. 13 which represents a list of 40 items that had to be changed on the Courthouse. There are some deducts and some adds, but basically it is a total of $71,064 added to the contract. Gary Glenewenkle of Centex -Rooney and Joe Searcy of Pierce Goodwin are here today to answer any questions the Board may have. Mr. Glenewenkle reported that to date there have been $92,703 worth of change orders added to the project. Of that, in our opinion, as the program manager, $233,900 has been owner requested changes and, again, the bulk of that, the air quality changes. That amounts to 1.76% of the original contract amount. We have an amount that we have established as a result of the coordination of the drawings and omissions of the drawings, the errors of the architects and engineers and omissions items left out and not coordinated in the documents. That amounts to $154,916, or 1.17% of the original contract amount. We have a balance of $103,887, or .78% of the original contract amount, which are items that we feel are normal business - nobody's at fault, just unforeseen items that have to be taken care of during the course of the construction of the project. Based on a construction industry standard, these numbers, based upon the size of this project, with the extended time, are extremely low and very, very favorable. The change order is for $71,064, of which approximately $5,500 is the result of owner requested changes and $65,500 the result of architect and engineering coordination and errors. Again, Joe Searcy is here with Pierce Goodwin to answer any questions and also Jim Keeven from our on-site project staff. Commissioner Macht felt that Mr. Glenewenkle's comments are pretty well taken. Ten percent is the usual allowance for overrides and in spite of some bad publicity on that and other matters, the project isn't really too much out of the norm in that. respect. The interesting part, even so, is that the lion's share of the changes is being allocated to the architectural firm, the September 20, 1994 51 � BOOK 93 PAGE3494,