New bleachers capacity will be MORE than current capacity at Big Oaks
Robbinsville stadium
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Seems like a lot to do before kickoff.
I hope they make it happen.
I hope they make it happen.
Efficient timeline from the meeting to the first work. Glad to see they will still have home games this year and staying at Big Oaks in the future
Well, I doubt there are many places in the world with a trackhoe/citizen ratio anywhere near Robbinsville's.
Lol that was awesome! Sure is handy being hard workin country folk ain’t it! Tools, heavy equipment, know how and work ethic and things get done! Can the project use help or volunteers?
From watching the combined meeting last week, I was a little surprised at the optimism they had that they can have stands up by the first game. I saw that they had equipment ready to go for demo when the measure passed. There was mention that the new bleachers will need to be on a flat surface, so there's some site prep to be done. Is there not a bid process involved? Then the winning bidder has to schedule, make sure they have materials, labor, etc. I heard mention that DPI may have to approve some aspect of it. That's a mighty fast timeline for a government project- 8-9-10 weeks?
Sounds like it’s the good old boy end justifies the means deal. Yes, there has to be a bid process. And there are time frames by statute.
Does there have to be a "bid process" when some local construction companies offered to do the demolition and site prep work for $0? Work started on the site right after the meeting.
Yes. There still has to be a scope of work that assures that the construction meets certain regulatory standards. State law has a pretty exhaustive process that has to be followed. Too exhaustive? Perhaps. But required just the same.The bid process is part of that submission that the government entity has to verify.
You’re welcome. Really not concerned and wasn’t gonna bring it up until somebody else mentioned it. Thomasville will have to do it too. They’ll use a different process. Hopefully both will last for a long time
Not necessarily, the state has exceptions to the bidding process in emergency situations. I believe regarding health and safety, and time considerations, this would apply to Big Oaks.
Ah I'm sure that the 3 professional construction companies that are doing this work are aware of any and all laws, protocol, rules, etc, etc. They simply donated the cost for the demolition and site preparation...extremely generous and selfless thing to do. Just didn't see any reason allow bids, when these companies offered this for free. And I'm sure if Thomasville or any other school has a offer this generous...they'll use the same process and say thank you. Lol
I’m pretty sure the motion to receive as a “donation” nullified the bid process…there will be an architect and the engineer is already on board.
I’m sure it was generous and much appreciated. Actually, Thomasville turned down a similar offer for the city owned baseball facility because it had to go through the bid process.
Certainly could apply to demolition. Might want to run that by the School of Government on construction. Or are you suggesting that there is a constitutionally guaranteed right to have home football games this fall?Again, it doesn't apply to Big Oaks.
2nd row:
I really don’t care what is done about the stadium. Somebody asked the question and I gave my answer based on experience in municipal government. I stand by it, but my vote doesn’t count, and shouldn’t.
Your wasting your time. 3 professional construction companies donated $150 thousand dollars worth of work to the school. He/she still feels that the county should have went through a "bidding process" to decide who they get to pay to do the job.Again, it doesn't apply to Big Oaks.
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And they could. After the bidding process.They should pick the three that offered to work for free.
Thomasville turned down the free offer because the company couldn’t meet the bonding requirements. To protect the city if they did shoddy work or stopped halfway through. That too is part of the bidding process.
Taking bids on retainer walls. As of 2 hrs ago.
Rush construction of new bleachers because old bleachers were deemed structurally unsafe...sounds like a recipe for disaster.
If they pull it off it will be because they either found a loophole in the laws or they just blatantly ignored them. No project involving state government (especially schools) happens quickly. Government bogs down everything.