Teller County Building Department
640 Manor Court
Woodland Park, CO 80863

Re: Permit #_______Hart, John & Anne 53 Panorama Circle Florissant

Dear Janet,

              Please accept this letter as my written request to be released from the above mentioned building permit. I am briefly outlining the project below, but the main reasons for my request to be released are because the homeowner will not comply with what I strongly believe is in the best interest of the project and ultimately, the homeowner(s), and they insisted on constant interference with the workers, as well as routine project changes, - which led to confused by the sub contractors. I would have gotten this letter to you sooner, but I was waiting to meet with the homeowner to finalize details, and I have attempted to pick up the permit to make my file copies of the inspections, etc., to attach to this. The homeowner refused to relinquish their permit, allegedly at your insistence, so I will only request the inspection report prior to submitting this to you. I have been supervising this project since last fall (application date 9/2000). The project went well – with the exception of a few issues:

1. 1. Cold weather
2. 2. Rock
3. 3. Septic issues – several of them major

              The timeline for the project is as follows – keeping in mind that the dates are approximate and may not be the exact date of the work. Additional septic issues will follow.

a.	Contract Date	7/24/200
b.	Engineering Ests performed	08/15/00
c	Engineering received by contractor	09/07/00
d	Driveway permit applied for	09/19/00
e	Septic permit applied for	09/19/00
f	Building permit applied for	09/19/00
g	Building permit issued	10/25/00
	(delay was due to additional engineering being required)
h	Excavation began	09/24/00
	(hit sub-surface rock, changed excavators)
i	Footers formed and inspected (approx)	10/20/00
j	Footers poured and covered (approx)	10/25/00
	(Left everything during the bitter November cold)
k	Walls begun for basement (approx)	11/10/00
	(Additional time to cure concrete per engineer)
l	Walls prepared for hosue set, including beams	12/10/00
m	Home completed at factory	11/04/00
n	Home delivered	11/20/00
o	Home set by crane	12/30/00

(Because of the possibility of cost overruns due to the rock, the Homeowners decided to handle the exterior rock work, steel roofing, and deck construction on their own. We suggested getting local bids. I don't know if a contractor was selected for any of these items yet. No engineering was ordered or completed, and no permits were submitted.)

p	Well Drilled	01/10/01
q	Home closed in	01/22/01
	(delay was due to a home-set issue)
r	Interior of home stared	01/25/01
s	Interior of home completed	02/07/01
t	Attempted excavating for well, electric and gas lines	02/23/01
	(delay due to sub-surface rock)
u	Blasted lines	03/16/01
v	Connected electric to home	03/12/01
w	nstalled rough in plumbing in basement	03/09/01
x	Floor area finally thawed to allow floor to be poured	04/06/01
y	Backfill project except septic	04/09/01
z	Grade except septic	04/24/01
aa	Floor was ready for fire wall and staris (recvd bid)	04/19/01
bb	Arrived at jobsite in a.m. to find homeowner with a different contractor for stairs	04/19/01
cc	Suggested strongly to homeowner that they not hire other contractors	04/19/01
dd	After long discussion with homowner, agreed to remain as General Contractor	04/20/01
ee	Again found homeowner choosing alternate workers for the project and suggested my resignation	04/24/01
ff	Homeowner agreed to resignation but not to release of permit	04/25/01
gg	No further work done under my license	04/27/01
hh	Homeowner agreed to release of permit	05/07/01

              The septic installation for the project was a more involved project. It involved several percolation tests, several locations, several inspections, and three contractors (so far). The process went something like this:

1.	Engineering order	8-15-2000
2.	Engineering received	9-7-2000
3.	Septic applied for       (Affordable Exc)	9-19-2000
4.	8' deep profile hole due       (Affordable Exc)	10-10-2000
5.	Open hole inspection       (Front Range Eng)	10-25-2000
4.	Septic permit received       (Affordable Exc)	10-30-2000
5.	Septic installation began       (Affordable exc)	11-10-2000
6.	Unable to dig – rock- changed excavator
7.	Began work on septic system       (J&M excavating)	11-15-2000
8.	Stopped due to hard material       (J&M Excavating)	11-30-2000
9.	Set septic tank       (J&M Excavating)	1-5-2001
	(delayed due to basement work in the way)
10.	Contrator not able to continue – changed excavator
11.	Moved site 50' further       (Gunsmoke Exc)	3-15-2001
12.	Hit rock       (Gunsmoke Exc)	3-20-2001
13.	Move site further       (Gunsmoke Exc)	3-25-2001
14.	Still too much rock       (Gunsmoke Exc)
15.	Suggested alternate       (mutual)
16.	Ordered new perc test       (Alpine Engineer)	4-5-2001
17.	Met at site with engineer and homeowner to make decision
18.	Re-perced property       (Alpine Engineer)	4-10-2001
19.	Received paperwork       (Alpine Engineer)	4-15-2001
20.	Sent paperwork to envir health	4-17-2001
21.	Environmental health required engineered system due to perc results
22.	Received septic design	4-25-2001
23.	Homeowner refused aerobic system
24.	Engineer attempted to compromise at 97 infiltrators
25.	Homeowner became frustrated and decided to take over the project from here
26.	There is no septic field currently installed. I have no idea who is doing the system, but Affordable Excavating is not. The homeowner's demands have priced the system prohibitively.

              This project has taken an unfortunate turn, but the construction portion that I have any control over had gone well. I understand the homeowner's frustrations, but there have been no delays beyond a few days with the exceptions of the septic and the floor. The septic is an issue that I cannot control, and the floor being poured was an intentional delay. I don't believe that it would be in the best long-term interest of the homeowner to pour the concrete on a frozen pad. The engineer who designed the basement expressly prohibited it. I explained that to them, and they appeared to agree that it was the right decision.

              It is my belief that there currently are no stairs built, the septic is not completed, the firewall is not completed, and the project is not ready for a final inspection. If left alone, I would have had the house part complete, and possibly the septic also. I am including a modified contractor change order to outline the workers that worked under my license, as well as what they did on the project – mostly for future (insurance) use. I hope that the Hart's get their project completed, and I would have completed it for them, I just can't allow unlicensed or uninsured workers on the jobsite, and they refused to allow me that right. As a side point mostly for conversation, the project is currently 29.7% under budget, which equates to nearly $30,000.00. There is currently $9,000 allowed for septic completion. I consider this a well-managed project that ran into issues that were out of everybody's control. Considering how many projects that you review, I hope after reviewing this, you'll agree. If you have any questions about this project, who did what, or any more questions on timing, please give ma call. I know you only wanted a letter of release, Janet. Thanks for taking the time to go over this.

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Robbins
Contractor

Cc: John and Anne Hart