We’ll, the activity around the schools picked up considerably last week and will probably remain in this mode until August 2009’.
This past week there was blasting taking place, cement being chopped up, scrapping, digging, trucks hauling, custodians cleaning and moving and pre-bid construction meetings going on.
They have been blasting rock from the east end of the high school property by the new tennis courts to the west end of the property in the back parking lot, creating a path for drain lines to carry water to the retention pond by the wooded nature area between the two schools. THE BLASTING WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK. Scheduled activities have been moved to other locations for the time being.
Part of the roadway from the southeast corner of the new tennis courts to the receiving area on the northwest side of the elementary has been covered with reclaimed asphalt to create a roadway for trucks to use while hauling black dirt to the green space playground area to build up a safer playing base. Fill, from the new retention pond is also being hauled over there. They will also be tearing out the asphalt pad by the north wooded area and be landscaping the east-northeast area for two generic playing fields and an area large enough to lay out a full size football field. The large asphalt playing area will also be redone along with areas around playground equipment.
With the new construction, all of our utilities that serve the building need to be relocated. The electricity will be the first one that will be moved. The electric service will be relocated the week of July 14th and will remain that way until next year. The transformer currently located outside of the boiler room will be moved to just outside of the southwest entrance of the building and the lines will be routed over the roof to the boiler room. DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 14th THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF DAYS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL NOT HAVE ANY ELECTRICITY TO IT DURING THE SWITCHOVER. This may also effect the Elementary School. I'll update you.
The weight room and high school / middle school office areas have been cleared out and are ready to be demoed to begin the construction of the new high school / middle school offices which will be located in the old weight room and the old office area will become part of the new main entrance.
A pre-bid construction meeting was held on Wednesday with the opening of bids for the main construction to be on July 9th @ 3:30 p.m. This will begin the phase of selecting our General Contractor and the start of the construction phase.
