Lee Wicker, Thomson up next for building renovation
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 12:26PM By Jonathan McFadden
mcfaddenj@mytjnow.com
More renovations are in store for Winthrop’s campus in the coming months.
Not willing to be left out of the party, Lee Wicker Hall and Thomson hall will both undergo renovation only a couple of months after Phelps’ renovation is complete.
Both residence halls will receive much-needed improvements when their hallway ceilings are replaced and the leaking insulation on air conditioning pipes are repaired during the summer of 2011.
In addition, the foundation wall of Lee Wicker, which has sustained water damage, will be worked on and work will be done on its roof, said Walter Hardin, associate vice president of facilities management.
Thomson will also see improvements to its bathroom vents.
During renovation, the residence halls will have to be temporarily shut down, but the dates of these outage … need to be scheduled with the Department of Residence Life, Hardin said.
“We have not gotten far enough along to tell how long we will need each [outage] and how intrusive the work will be to their simultaneous occupation,” Hardin said.
Similar to their sister residence hall Phelps, Lee Wicker and Thomson will be put up for bid, but the process will be a bit different this go-around.
“This will include segmental bids and Indefinite Delivery Contracts ,” Hardin said.
Indefinite Delivery Contracts are types of contracts that provide a client with anunspecified amount of supplies and services during a limited amount of time.
In this case, Winthrop has general contractors, painters, water proofers, roofers and electricians on the ready, Hardin said.
“These are for small jobs (less than $150,000),” Hardin said. “Most of the issues can be handled with these IDC’s (indefinites).”
These different contractors are hired by a competitive bid and are kept on a retainer or paid a fixed monthly fee for providing their services.
Hardin said Leitner Construction, the company set to renovate Phelps in the spring, is not one of those contractors.
Exact costs of the renovations are not known at this point in time. No other renovations are planned for Winthrop in the near future.
