GENEVA - - After more than a year of problem-solving and compromise, the Geneva Board of Education will take contractor Blaze Construction Inc. to task over faulty flooring in the new high school.
"We have come to a turn of events on the issue of the linoleum flooring at the high school," Superintendent Ron Donatone said. "Now the board has to decide on action."
The floor is in a large area of the academic wing. For months, the board has heard reports of the linoleum pulling away from the floor. Patching has made the floor safe, but unsightly, Donatone said.
"I think the consensus of myself and the board is that though the floor is patched and can continue to be patched, the floor we paid for isn't really going to be the floor we got," he said.
In Wednesday's meeting, the board granted Donatone permission to ask Blaze Construction to replace the floor at a cost of $80,000 to $105,000.
"There is always pressure on the parties involved to avoid conflict and find a middle ground. But though the floor is safe, no one could predict the effect the patching would have on the look of the floor," Donatone said.
This isn't the first problem the district has had with Blaze Construction. The final touches on the new high school were made without the company and R.P. Carbone project manager Ben Pintabona used a different contractor to finish various Blaze Construction projects.
Donatone said the district can withhold $175,000 in payments not yet issued to Blaze Construction until the job is done right.
"If the contractor says no, we can get the job done with another company and backcharge the cost (to Blaze Construction)," Donatone said.
Blaze Construction representatives could not be reached for comment, Thursday.
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