Design subcommittee approves submission of 90% construction documents to MSBA; schedule now points to post-holiday 2028 move-in

The Revere City design subcommittee voted to submit the project's 90% construction documents to the Massachusetts School Building Authority but was told that the school is unlikely to be ready for an August–September 2028 opening because of extended soil remediation work.

"We're at 90% projecting that the project's not going to be able to make the August, September 2028 occupancy date," said Brian (presenter), describing several months of added time after expanded soil testing and a revised approach to ground improvements at the Wonderland site. "We are going to be forecasting that the move in is gonna have to happen at the holidays at the 2028, most likely meaning first day of class just after the new year." The committee voted to authorize staff to submit the 90% package, including that schedule update, to MSBA.

Brian said the documents show scope is unchanged and cost estimates remain favorable: the Consiglie 90% CD estimate came in "about $8,800,000" under the full approved budget, and the PM/CPR estimate showed approximately "12.3" under the budget, figures he presented as evidence the project remains on a path toward the committee's $10,000,000 reduction target. He emphasized the schedule—driven largely by unforeseen soil management and the time needed to resolve contractor approaches to ground improvements—was the principal risk.

Mayor Keith, who participated in the discussion, called the delay "unforeseen, but not fully unexpected," noting that large, multiyear projects commonly encounter scheduling "blips" and that careful handling and categorization of removed soil in urban sites can add time. "The good news is the finances still seem to very much line up," he said, urging the team to try to recover time where feasible.

An unidentified committee member moved to submit the 90% CD package to MSBA; another unidentified member seconded. The committee conducted a roll-call vote and the chair announced the motion passed. Roll-call responses recorded ten affirmative votes and several absences. The committee directed staff to proceed with the submission and to continue efforts to refine the schedule and pursue opportunities to regain lost time.

Next steps: staff indicated they were ready to transmit the 90% CD package to MSBA and will include the schedule revision in that submission; the committee will continue to track contractor testing, ground‑improvement decisions and any downstream impacts on occupancy and the first day of classes.