Washington School Board approves bids for renovation

Construction bids for the Washington High School renovation project came in at $13.24 million, roughly $270,000 less than architects estimated.
The school board approved bids for the project at Monday night’s meeting. They were awarded based on state Department of Education approval of district documents about the construction project.
The awarded bids are: Alex Roofing & Construction Co., $615,900 for roofing construction; East End Plumbing & Mechanical, $798,000 for plumbing/fire suppression construction; ABMECH, INC., $73,600 for hazardous materials abatement; TriMark SS Kemp, $412,685 for food service construction; Waller Corp., $5.14 million for general construction; DeGol Carpet, $1 million for flooring construction; R&B Mechanical, $2.55 million for HVAC construction; Vern’s Electric, Inc., at a cost of $1.2 million for electrical construction; and Information Technologies, $847,945 for security and communications construction.
Business Manager Rick Mancini said the board is still considering whether to have one or two offices in the renovated school. He said that will likely be discussed at Monday’s meeting.
Work is expected to begin as soon. In the fall, while work is being completed on the cafeteria, meals will be made at the Washington Park School and sent to the high school.
Contractors will do the work in small phases so as classrooms are worked on, students are moved to other areas. There will likely be work on the project during two summers.

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