Report: Poor workmanship at Neptune school

April 5, 2007

Report: " Poor workmanship " at Neptune school

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 04/5/07

BY BILL BOWMAN

COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU,Asbury Park Press,NJ

NEPTUNE — Problems running the gamut from " deficient design and

inadequate construction administration, failure to comply with

project specifications, to poor workmanship'' appear to be the cause

of mold developing at the still unfinished Midtown Community

Elementary School, according to a report released today.

As a result of that report, the state School Construction

Corporation has notified the architect, contractor and construction

management expert for the school that they all bear responsibility

for the problems, which led to the mold, and they will all share in

the cost to partially demolish and rebuild the school.

SCC officials have estimated the cost to repair the damage at

between $5 million and $10 million. The work will delay the school's

opening by one year.

In a letter Wednesday to principals of SSP Architectural Group of

Somerville, Construction of Somerset and Gilbane Building of

Neptune - the companies the SCC believes are responsible for the

problem - the SCC's senior director of project management, Regina

Bleck, said it is the SCC's preference that the matter be handled

through mediation. Failing that, she said, the SCC would initiate

legal action against the companies

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