Building Committee rejects steel tariff claim, 7-0

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.