Fifth Ward School Groundbreaking Today
D65 Received 2 Bids for excavation and foundations, coming in under budget (!!)
Couple of events today related to District 65.
2pm Special Board Meeting to Approve Bids for the Fifth Ward School
4pm Groundbreaking for the New School - at the site
A summary of the bids is available in this document, provided by Cordogan Clark. The high level part is included in the image below, which shows the bids coming in about $176,318 under budget (or about 11%).
I wrote about bid package #1 and #2 in this story, which amounts to the work to clear the site, excavate, mitigate soil issues, and install the building foundation. The District received two bids for Package #1 and 1 bid for Package #2. It looks like a third company, Fowler Enterprises submitted a bid as well but it was redacted.
Those of you with more construction experience can leave a comment but this seems like a positive development? In addition, the District will be hiring an Owner’s Representative, Turner & Townsend Heery, which seems like the public sector consultancy for CBRE.
Anyway, the groundbreaking will be at 4pm and I’ll be there. If you see me, say hello!
I drove by there today and there is no sign of any work taking place. I thought Bid 1 said work was supposed to start last week.