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September 13, 2006

Next Steps

Now that Planning & Zoning has approved our request for a zoning change that will allow construction of the new library, we have several other approvals to receive before we can begin construction:

We will still have to appear before the Architectural Review Board, the Health Department, the State of CT Department of Transportation (for curb cuts on Post Road) and the Town of Darien Department of Public Works (for curb cuts on Hecker Avenue.)

In the meanwhile, we have completed design development:

A stage subsequent to schematic design where the schematic design decisions are worked out in greater detail. A clear and coordinated description of all aspects of the design including Architectural, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical and Fire Protection Systems is worked out providing a basis for the preparation of construction documents.

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Currently we, together with AP Construction, the project construction manager, and Peter Gisolfi Associates (PGA), our architects, are doing a cost estimate of the project. Next step will be for PGA begin final work on construction documents.

Documents that set forth the detailed requirements for the construction of a building project. They consist of Drawings and Specifications. Drawings are the illustrative component of construction documents, whereas Specifications are written requirements pertaining to building materials, equipment, and construction systems that outline the standards to be met in the construction of a project.

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The construction documents will be completed at about the end of year and then we will go through a period of bidding and review of proposals, before letting contracts in time for a ground-breaking in the Spring of 2007.

If all stays on schedule, we are looking for a completion of the new building in time for us to move in early the Fall of 2008.

Posted by Alan Kirk Gray at September 13, 2006 09:50 AM