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By JAN LAVALLEY
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Rappahannock School Board declared an emergency last week.
They rejected all previous bids for replacement of the Rappahannock County High School auditorium roof and decided to accept a new bid of $184,018 from Hale & White, contractors from Louisa County, for the roof replacement.
Ramcorp, the company which did the original specifications for the new roof, came in with a much higher bid than Hale & White, which was the low bidder. All other bids were well over $200,000.
Hale & White also recommended a different type of roof.
“This is actually a much better system than what you were previously looking at,” said William Hale, of Hale & White, to the board.
Dr. David Gangel, superintendent of schools, addressed the board prior to Mr. Hale’s arrival.
“You can either accept the low bid, by Hale & White, and we may be able to get off the original design and save costs. But if we go that route there may be legal aspects we need to look at. Or, you can declare an emergency, reject all previous bids and go with Hale & White.”
The option for declaring emergency is available because a contract needs to be agreed upon and work started in order for the job to be completed by the time school resumes in August.
Time had literally run out.
The change in the proposal is from a shingle roof with wood trusses to a standing seam metal roof attached to metal trusses. Dr. Gangel said this is a pretty significant change.
School Board members were concerned with the differences in tolerance for wind and snow load and the method of attachment of the metal roof.
Board member Rosa Crocker said, “We need to pin these issues down beforehand. 1 want to make sure we’re not getting the lowest acceptable everything. I talked with an inspector-engineer who inspects faulty roof systems and he said be sure not to take the lowest acceptable bid. He said usually 30 pounds per square foot is considered the lowest acceptable tolerance for snow load, but if you’re in a pocket for snow the 60 pounds per
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