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Duncan’s 2020 Vision bond fencing project progresses at Duncan School districts.
Duncan’s 2020 Vision bond fencing project progresses at Duncan School districts.
Projects under Duncan’s 2020 bond are making progress, board officials heard at the most recent district meeting.
Just last week, Duncan’s Board of Education heard updates from Kerr3 Architects, as well as Hope Equipment and Construction.
James Kerr, with Kerr3, updated the board on the progress with photos of the current bond projects, as well as upcoming projects, from the fencing and parking lot for the buses to the upcoming black box, storm shelter and field house projects.
In January, board officials discussed looking deeper into a site for the DPS Transportation Department and bus parking. Superintendent Dr. Tom Deighan said a new transportation spot has been a board priority for some time.
In this meeting, Kerr updated the board about the parking lot for buses at the Lee Elementary property with a preliminary drawing.
Kerr said the parking lot would look to house 36 buses, coming in one-way and parking “nose to tail.”
Other parking would include for 27 car spaces and district trailers, as well as a future area set aside for a transportation building, Kerr said.
According to Kerr, with the board’s approval, they could move forward with the projects.
Deighan then said to be able to finish by August they would need to begin the design phase as soon as they can.
The board approved to enter the design phase for the parking lot at Lee Elementary for the Transportation Department with a 4-0 vote.
Next, Ken Shaw with Hope Construction presented the bids for the black box theatre and storm shelter for the high school.
Deighan said they accounted for $2 million in the bond and they will go over budget, due to the pandemic, hurricane and the Ukraine War.
According to Deighan, the shelter will house nearly all staff and students at the high school.
“We will probably still need a small storm shelter back by the science building,” Deighan said. “The total cost for storm shelter will ultimately go over the $2 million. This is about 15% more than we originally accounted for storm shelters. Because we have so many different complexities with the supply chain and everything else, this is over budget.”
With that, Deighan shared the school’s contingency plan for preparing for the overages.
“We had about $1.2 million dollars, because we got good interest rates in our contingency,” Deighan said. “We dipped into our contingency a little bit on our parking lot (but) we still have well over a million in our contingency (and) we’re still within the budget of the bond.”
Deighan said they have a “solid plan” to meet the needs and to not affect the district’s budget.
According to Deighan, they have a plan to address the issues and will look to utilize insurance claim funds along with federal COVID-19 stimulus funds (ESSR and ARP) to help with the cost and remain in budget.
After receiving bids, Shaw recommended the following bids for:
Sitework: Wade Concrete for $49,964; Utilities: WW Builders for $89,451; Concrete: Wade Concrete for $324,824; Steel Supply: HK&S Iron for $78,900; Steel Erection: E&W Construction for $28,500; Masonry: Barnes Masonry for $47,500; Metal Stud Framing, Drywall and Acoustics: Hutchco for $93,923; Glass Glazing: Tri City Glass for $72,500; Flooring: Hurley's Creative Tile for $10,950; Hollow Metal Doors, FEMA Doors, and Hardware Supply: LDS Building Specialties for $84,647; Door and Hardware Installation: E&W Construction for $16,200; Building Specialties: No action; General Construction: Box Construction for $38,871; Paint and Coatings: Painters Plus for $45,200; Fencing: Wade Concrete for $4,830; Pre Cast Concrete: Coreslab Structures for $706,891; Fire Suppression: APS Fireco for $41,600; Fire Alarms: No action; Plumbing: Farmer's Plumbing for $138,471; HVAC: Davis Air Conditioning for $169,000; Electrical with the fire alarm: Bishop Electric for $188,701; Roofing: Duncan Total Roofing for $149,861.88.
District officials voted to award bids, along with the two no action items.
In other news, the board approved:
• A change order for $5,900 for district fencing as a part of the DPS 2020 Vision Bond Projects for the west building of the high school.
The next regular meeting of the Duncan Public School Board of Education will take place at 6 p.m. April 12, 2022.
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