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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6617
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING AU THORIZATION OF STATE GRANT
COMMITMENTS FOR SCHO OL BUILDING PROJECTS AND
REVISIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative 1
Services, having reviewed applications for state grants for public school 2
building projects in accordance with section 10-283 of the general 3
statutes on the basis of priorities for such projects and standards for 4
school construction established by the State Board of Education, and 5
having prepared a listing of all such eligible projects ranked in order of 6
priority, as determined by said commissioner together with the amount 7
of the estimated grant with respect to each eligible project, and having 8
submitted such listing of eligible projects, prior to December 15, 2020, to 9
a committee of the General Assembly established under section 10-283a 10
of the general statutes for the purpose of reviewing such listing, is 11
hereby authorized to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state 12
in accordance with said section 10-283a with respect to the priority 13
listing of such projects and in such estimated amounts as approved by 14
said committee prior to February 1, 2021, as follows: 15
(1) Estimated Grant Commitments. 16
T1 School District Estimated Estimated Substitute Bill No. 6617
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T2 School Project Costs Grant
T3 Project Number
T4
T5 NORTH BRANFORD
T6 North Branford High School
T7 21DASY099053N0621 $88,242,390 $29,100,282
T8
T9 NORWALK
T10 Cranberry Elementary School
T11 21DASY103252N0621 $45,000,000 $10,125,000
T12
T13 SOUTH WINDSOR
T14 Pleasant Valley Elementary School
T15 21DASY132093N0621 $58,500,000 $22,148,100
T16
T17 TORRINGTON
T18 Torrington Middle & High School
T19 21DASY143076N0621 $159,575,000 $100,308,845
T20
T21 WEST HAVEN
T22 Washington Elementary School
T23 21DASY156142N0621 $38,803,926 $26,052,956
T24
T25 DANBURY
T26 Ellsworth Avenue School Annex
T27 21DASY034150EA0621 $9,600,000 $6,137,280
T28
T29 HARTFORD
T30 Betances Learning Lab Magnet
School
T31 21DASY064316RNV0621 $43,709,774 $41,524,285
T32
T33 HARTFORD
T34 E. B. Kennelly School
T35 21DASY064317RNV0621 $51,416,225 $48,845,414
T36
T37 HARTFORD
T38 Fred D. Wish Museum School
T39 21DASY064318RNV0621 $49,320,000 $46,854,000
T40
T41 KILLINGLY Substitute Bill No. 6617
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T42 Killingly Memorial School
T43 21DASY069069RNV0621 $34,000,000 $24,981,400
T44
T45 NEWINGTON
T46 Anna Reynolds Elementary School
T47 21DASY094109RNV0621 $35,500,000 $20,792,350
T48
T49 NORWALK
T50 Naramake Elementary School
T51 21DASY103253EA0621 $3,500,000 $1,137,500
T52
T53 WESTPORT
T54 Coleytown Middle School
T55 21DASY158099RNV0621 $32,372,235 $8,820,830
T56
T57 REGIONAL DISTRICT 1
T58 Housatonic Valley Regional High
School
T59 21DASY201049VE0621 $319,533 $255,626
T60
T61 LEARN
T62 LEARN Ocean Avenue Academy
T63 21DASY245089SP0621 $9,851,000 $7,880,800
(2) Previously Authorized Projects That Have Changed Substantially 17
in Scope or Cost which are Seeking Reauthorization. 18
T64 School District Authorized Requested
T65 School
T66 Project Number
T67
T68 WINDHAM
T69 Windham High School
T70 163-0079 RNV
T71
T72 Estimated…
T73 Total Project Costs $71,670,200 $112,329,500
T74 Total Grant $71,670,200 $112,329,500
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 10-291 of the general statutes is 19 Substitute Bill No. 6617
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 20
2021): 21
(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall not approve a 22
school building project plan or site, as applicable, if: 23
(1) The site is in an area of moderate or high radon potential, as 24
indicated in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's 25
Radon Potential Map, or similar subsequent publications, except where 26
the school building project plan incorporates construction techniques to 27
mitigate radon levels in the air of the facility; 28
(2) The plans incorporate new roof construction or total replacement 29
of an existing roof and do not provide for the following: (A) A minimum 30
roof pitch that conforms with the requirements of the State Building 31
Code, (B) a minimum twenty-year unlimited manufacturer's guarantee 32
for water tightness covering material and workmanship on the entire 33
roofing system, (C) the inclusion of vapor retarders, insulation, bitumen, 34
felts, membranes, flashings, metals, decks and any other feature 35
required by the roof design, and (D) that all manufacturer's materials to 36
be used in the roofing system are specified to meet the latest standards 37
for individual components of the roofing systems of the American 38
Society for Testing and Materials; 39
(3) In the case of a major alteration, renovation or extension of a 40
building to be used for public school purposes, the plans do not 41
incorporate the guidelines set forth in the Sheet Metal and Air 42
Conditioning Contractors National Association's publication entitled 43
"Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under 44
Construction" or similar subsequent publications; 45
(4) In the case of a new construction, extension, renovation or 46
replacement, the plans do not provide that the building maintenance 47
staff responsible for such facility are trained in or are receiving training 48
in, or that the applicant plans to provide training in, the appropriate 49
areas of plant operations including, but not limited to, heating, 50 Substitute Bill No. 6617
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ventilation and air conditioning systems pursuant to section 10-231e, 51
with specific training relative to indoor air quality; [or] 52
(5) In the case of a project for new construction, extension, major 53
alteration, renovation or replacement involving a school entrance for 54
inclusion on any listing submitted to the General Assembly in 55
accordance with section 10-283 on or after July 1, 2008, the plans do not 56
provide for a security infrastructure for such entrance; or 57
(6) In the case of a project for new construction, extension, major 58
alteration, renovation or replacement on any listing submitted to the 59
General Assembly in accordance with section 10-283 on or after July 1, 60
2022, the plans do not provide for the installation of at least one water 61
bottle filling station (A) per one hundred students of the projected 62
enrollment for the school building, (B) on each new floor or wing of the 63
school building, and (C) in any food service area of the school building. 64
Sec. 3. Section 10-292v of the general statutes is repealed and the 65
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 66
[Any] (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, 67
municipal charter, local ordinance, home rule ordinance or other 68
ordinance, on and after July 1, 2021, the local or regional board of 69
education for a town shall (1) establish any new school building 70
committee [established by a town or regional school district to 71
undertake] responsible for undertaking a school building project, as 72
defined in section 10-282, [shall] or (2) reestablish any existing school 73
building project committee. In establishing or reestablishing a school 74
building committee under this section, the local or regional board of 75
education shall appoint the members of the school building committee, 76
provided such school building committee include at least one member 77
who has experience in the construction industry. 78
(b) Any school building committee reestablished under this section 79
shall constitute a successor committee to the prior school building 80
committee for purposes of undertaking school building projects under 81 Substitute Bill No. 6617
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this chapter. 82
Sec. 4. Subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 10-287 of the general 83
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 84
(Effective July 1, 2021): 85
(3) (A) All orders and contracts for construction management services 86
shall be awarded from a pool of not more than the four most responsible 87
qualified proposers after a public selection process. Such process shall, 88
at a minimum, involve requests for qualifications, followed by requests 89
for proposals, including fees, from the proposers meeting the 90
qualifications criteria of the request for qualifications process. Public 91
advertisements shall be required in a newspaper having circulation in 92
the town in which construction is to take place, except for school 93
building projects for which the town or regional school district is using 94
a state contract pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-292. Following 95
the qualification process, the awarding authority shall evaluate the 96
proposals to determine the four most responsible qualified proposers 97
using those criteria previously listed in the requests for qualifications 98
and requests for proposals for selecting construction management 99
services specific to the project or school district. Such evaluation criteria 100
shall include due consideration of the proposer's pricing for the project, 101
experience with work of similar size and scope as required for the order 102
or contract, organizational and team structure for the order or contract, 103
past performance data, including, but not limited to, adherence to 104
project schedules and project budgets and the number of change orders 105
for projects, the approach to the work required for the order or contract, 106
including on and after July 1, 2021, whether the proposer intends to self-107
perform any project element and the benefit to the awarding authority 108
that will result from such self-performance, and documented contract 109
oversight capabilities, and may include criteria specific to the project. 110
Final selection by the awarding authority is limited to the pool of the 111
four most responsible qualified proposers and s hall include 112
consideration of all criteria included within the request for proposals. 113
As used in this subdivision, "most responsible qualified proposer" 114 Substitute Bill No. 6617
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means the proposer who is qualified by the awarding authority when 115
considering price and the factors necessary for faithful performance of 116
the work based on the criteria and scope of work included in the request 117
for proposals. 118
(B) (i) On and after July 1, 2021, upon the written approval of the 119
Commissioner of Administrative Services, an awarding authority may 120
permit a construction manager to self-perform a portion of the 121
construction work if the construction manager has identified the project 122
element at the time of the construction manager's original proposal to 123
the owner and the awarding authority and the commissioner determine 124
that the construction manager has the requisite work experience and 125
qualifications to self-perform the work and can self-perform the work 126
more cost-effectively than a subcontractor. A construction manager may 127
only self-perform portions of a project (I) for which the construction 128
manager is enrolled in a state-registered apprenticeship program that 129
provides related instruction for the type of work the construction 130
manager is seeking to self-perform, and (II) for which the construction 131
manager is prequalified under section 4a-100. All work not performed 132
by the construction manager shall be performed by trade subcontractors 133
selected [by a process approved by the awarding authority and the 134
commissioner] pursuant to section 4b-91 and determined to be among 135
the lowest responsible and qualified bidders, as defined in section 4b-136
92. 137
(ii) Each bid for a specific project element, including from a 138
construction manager, shall be submitted simultaneously with the 139
project bid and kept sealed until opened publicly at the time and place 140
set forth in the notice soliciting bids. If the construction manager is the 141
successful bidder for a project element, the construction manager (I) 142
shall not use any of the project contingency to assist in the performance 143
of work for such project element, (II) shall perform such work, other 144
than limited portions that would typically be performed by specialty 145
subcontractors, with employees who are on the construction manager's 146
payroll and are properly classified under section 31-53, and (III) shall 147 Substitute Bill No. 6617
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submit all change orders on self-performed work to be reviewed by the 148
owner or the owner's representative. 149
(iii) The construction manager's contract shall include a guaranteed 150
maximum price for the cost of construction. Such guaranteed maximum 151
price shall be determined not later than ninety days after the selection 152
of the trade subcontractors. Construction shall not begin prior to the 153
determination of the guaranteed maximum price, except work relating 154
to site preparation and demolition may commence prior to such 155
determination. 156
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 10-291(b)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 10-292v
Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 10-287(b)(3)
ED Joint Favorable C/R FIN
FIN Joint Favorable Subst.