September 2010

The Joint School Construction Board for the Syracuse City School District is preparing for phase two of borrowing getting themselves on track for construction to begin in the spring.

LANSDOWNE — The William Penn School Board adopted a resolution Monday night to approve a maximum $16.3 million renovation cost for Ardmore Avenue Elementary School, a building that dates back to 1930. The amount includes $3.748 million in building construction costs. However, related fees such as asbestos abatement, student moving costs, lease payments, legal expenses and a possible Essex …

The St. James Board of Education was given  Lucy Wortham James Elementary School construction update at last week’s regular monthly meeting. Lloyd Pooker, of Creative Construction Solutions (CCS), gave the board members a walkthrough of the site prior to the meeting, at which time he presented an overview of where the project stands. Although construction has had hitches, progress has been made …

Boston’s Gilbane Building Co. has been selected to provide construction management at risk services for the new $37 million Sherwood Middle School in Shrewsbury.

State auditors who investigated a complaint about a $1 million change order during construction of the new Cape Henlopen High School say district officials acted appropriately. They also say negotiations over the changed lighting system saved the district money.

With the state unexpectedly handing out $58 million in school construction loans this month, the Mobile County school board set an emergency meeting for 3 p.m. today to decide what it will propose to build.

Representatives from National Grid recently appeared before the Board of Selectmen to discuss the installation of a four-inch high-pressure plastic gas line to support the new high-efficiency boilers at the Muraco Elementary School.

The Noblesville School Board needed only a few minutes Monday night to pass a $48,133,325 budget for the coming year. But getting to that point was a long and complicated process made difficult by the district’s decreases in funding.

Marshfield R-1 School District Board of Education members got their first glimpse Monday, Sept. 20, of construction plans for high school classrooms and a new cafeteria and physical education area.

WEST NORRITON — An architect and construction management consultant under consideration to supervise HVAC work at two Norristown Area schools over the next two years introduced himself to the Norristown Area School Board on Monday, Sept. 20.