Building Committee rejects steel tariff claim, 7-0
Reading's building committee rejected a contractor's steel tariff claim on the Recal project by a 7-0 vote. The Permanent Building Committee, meeting as the Recal Building Committee, heard that the contract language puts tariff risk on J&J Contractors.
Other Committee · Meeting of November 4, 2026
Reading's building committee rejected a contractor's steel tariff claim on the Recal project by a 7-0 vote. The Permanent Building Committee, meeting as the Recal Building Committee, heard that the contract language puts tariff risk on J&J Contractors. Members approved a not-to-exceed $10,604.49 change order for primary electrical conductors, down from about $16,000, after RMLD declined to supply the cable.
A $41,678.73 change order for sign lighting and accessibility-related plumbing changes passed 5-2, with Mark Dobser and Ron Powell opposed. The committee also recommended a $4,950 imaging service and approved a $768,633.60 payment requisition to J&J.
In the full story:
- Opening and attendance
- Steel tariffs, change order request 14
- Wetlands invoice and budget revision
- Primary conductors, change order proposal 23
- Minutes
- Project budget dashboard
- Schedule and construction update
- Change order five, bulletin number one
- Commissioning and imaging
- Furniture, fixtures and equipment working group
- Eyewash station and invoices
- Who Was There
- Organizations And Documents Referenced
- The complete report: 2,153 words
Source: the Other Committee meeting of November 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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