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A mandated “Recovery Plan” was issued to the low bid contractor when work wasn’t completed on time and the contractor still missed the June 2018 completion date.
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Documents show serious quality issues with Insulated Concrete Form’s (ICF) walls and numerous other problems.
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OSHA inspection revealed multiple violations totaling $14,000 in initial fines for the general contractor and another $7,000 for its subcontractor.
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Contractor committed 50 violations and fined $12,500 in addition for violation of the WV Jobs Act which requires a certain percentage of workers to be from the local labor market.
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Engineers provided extensive lists of unfinished/substandard work to the contractor as much as 30 days beyond the scheduled completion date.
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Massive punch lists weeks after completion date.
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The Logan County school board had to scramble to reopen a mothballed school since the project was so far behind schedule.
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$13.2 million budget for project
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Winning contractor Mi-Di-Con pays prevailing wage and still came in under budget
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Taxpayers win with savings and students win with a school built on time
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$9.2 million project
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Winning bidder MCS pays prevailing wage and bid $200,000 less than the next bidder (DCI Shires) and $361,000 less than Swope Construction.
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Opponents of prevailing wage, like Swope, claim paying prevailing wage drives up construction costs by 20%, yet the prevailing wage contractor was the lowest bidder.
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Workers paid low wages which can reduce productivity
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Contractor missed the original July 2019 completion date, forcing students to move in during the winter a full six months after the deadline.
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County stuck with repairs to damaged gym floors due to improper concrete pours
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Project bid in 2016 still isn't complete
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County officials threaten "Contractor Default" against contractor Swope Construction for failing to complete work
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Architect firm for the project REJECTED Swope Construction’s work on ICF walls and anchor bolts.
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Winning bidder Swope Construction hired subcontractors from out of the area who brought in workers from Honduras and Mexico
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$3.4 million project
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Mere $35,000 difference between winning contractor (Swope Construction) that doesn’t pay prevailing wage and second lowest bidder (MCS) that does
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If prevailing wage drives up costs by at least 20% as Swope claims, then why is the difference in bids only 1%?
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A huge 21% difference between the winning and second bidder, neither pay prevailing wages. Why the difference?
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A whopping 50% difference between the winning and third place bidder who also doesn’t pay prevailing wages!
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No taxpayer savings when compared to estimates which assumed prevailing wages would be paid.
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Winning bidder pays wages equal to prevailing wage rate
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Swope Construction, whose owner testified he could build 4 schools for the price of 3 if prevailing wage were repealed, came in third at nearly $300,000 MORE than the winning bid
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Why was his bid so much higher?
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Project architect REJECTED the exterior caulking masonry work by low bidder Radford & Radford.
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Project architect REJECTED the masonry veneer work by low bidder Radford & Radford.
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Project architect REJECTED the polished concrete floors for both schools requiring replacement costing roughly $800,000 according to the architect’s estimate.
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Cost overruns and costly time delays nearly equal the difference in bids which was less than $1 million.
