School panel backs added radon vent piping

School Building Committee · Meeting of June 17, 2026

MILLIS — The School Building Committee voted unanimously by roll call to adopt the consultant's radon plan for the Millis school project. The plan calls for four passive riser vents in the new area and 10 in the existing building, up from three and four. Power wiring and fans were deferred.

A member cited a $175,000 radon retrofit at Clyde Brown, and Al Valtor said "radon is a pretty nasty thing." The committee was told value engineering and design changes total about $409,000 in savings, and that the Planning Board, Conservation Commission and Board of Health have approved the project. It approved invoices for Vertex ($35,000), TAPE ($358,947.22), Fontaine ($30,858.00), BETA ($5,835.47) and a solar termination fee ($5,736.56).

In the full story:

• MILLIS — June 17, 2026
• Permitting Update
• Design Updates
• MSBA Update
• Value Engineering Log
• Other items discussed
• Prequalification Committee
• Radon Piping
• Next Steps
• Proprietary Items
• Invoices and Minutes
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,702 words

Source: the School Building Committee meeting of June 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.