An evaluation of the roof at the Town of Webb Professional Offices building has been completed and McDonald & Monterose Architects, the firm that conducted the study, has made recommendations as to the work required in fixing it.
Architect Pete Monterose was on hand at the Town of Webb board meeting last Tuesday, to explain what he discovered about the health center roof, which had been leaking for several months, sometimes badly, according to employees.
“The roof drains look to be in pretty good shape,” Monterose said.
But as with some other aspects of the roof, greater damages may reveal themselves once the roof is pulled apart, according to Monterose.
Some of these problems could involve bad decking and some bad drains.
However, Monterose did assure board members that as-yet-unknown damages have been anticipated, and costs related to their repairs have been factored into the contractors’ bid requirements.
And other costs are certain.
Monterose said termites were found in the canopy roof over the ambulance entrance.
So when the old roofing material is dismantled a special removal process will be required.
“It can’t just be removed and thrown to the ground,” Monterose said. “We’ve got to take it right away.”
And he is advising that any material potentially affected by the termite problem be replaced.
“I’m asking for all the wood blocking to be replaced on the roof. I just don’t want to take a chance and leave one in there,” Monterose said.
He also found asbestos in the ambulance canopy, but only around the perimeter.
That means the contractor performing the work will be required to handle the removal and abatement of asbestos material on an 18-inch perimeter around two roofs, according to Monterose.
“Other than that it’s a straight forward project,” he said.
Now comes the task of hiring the contractor.
The town board is currently soliticiting sealed bids, which must be delivered to the town clerk by February 1 at 11 a.m.
This is when they will be opened and read, and forwarded to McDonald & Monterose for review.
The successful bidder must be a certified roofing contractor and in all ways qualified to perform the work according to the bid specifications, Pete Monterose said.
That includes bonding requirements, and a requirement that no more than twenty percent of the work be subcontracted.
The roof replacement work is scheduled to start on April 1st and is to be finished by mid-July, Monterose said.
