Fire Station Building Committee approves $1.89M design contract
Fire Station Building Committee approves $1.89M Context Architecture design contract. The committee unanimously recommended the contract for $1,891,050, down from the firm's $1,922,000 proposal through negotiations by Town Administrator Michael Johns, representing a 5.73 percent reduction below
Fire Station Building Committee · Meeting of May 14, 2026
BOXBOROUGH — Fire Station Building Committee approves $1.89M Context Architecture design contract. The committee unanimously recommended the contract for $1,891,050, down from the firm's $1,922,000 proposal through negotiations by Town Administrator Michael Johns, representing a 5.73 percent reduction below Town Meeting authorization. Michael Marshall was unanimously appointed as the committee's seventh member.
The committee also unanimously approved a $541,000 contract amendment with Vertex for owner's project management services through design-to-bidding phase.
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Source: the Fire Station Building Committee meeting of May 14, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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