Dawn Adams, facilities supervisor for the Cache County School District, told the board on Oct. 2 that construction at the district’s two new middle schools is advancing and crews plan major vertical work in October.

Adams said Hyde Park Middle School is largely watertight, with structural steel and roof deck complete and roofing about 95% installed, interior framing near 95% and interior drywall about 50%. “Our interior framing is at about 95%…the roofing is still at 95%,” Adams said. She reported mechanical and electrical distribution work is underway and that the district will try to place asphalt before winter to limit mud tracking into the buildings.

The presentation covered Nibley (referred to in the meeting as the new middle school at Nibley). Adams said Nibley’s roofing was roughly 85% complete, windows about 95% and interior framing about 55% (she corrected a typo during the presentation). She said window work, paving and fire sprinkler completion were priorities in the coming weeks.

Adams highlighted a schedule milestone: a 500‑ton crane is scheduled to arrive Oct. 6 to set tilt panels once the concrete panels have reached required strength. “The crane is scheduled to arrive October 6…a 500 ton crane is gonna be on-site,” she said. She described concrete cure checks (“14 day break…7 to 10 depending upon each panel”) and said footing and tilt‑panel work was progressing (tilt panel pour about 60% at Hyde Park; footing about 85% complete on the site Adams discussed).

Board members pressed on weather and roofing timelines. Adams said roofing work can continue at reduced scope in colder weather but certain finishes (parapets and material seams) require temperatures “at 40 degrees and rising.” She said the roofing subcontractor proposed an interim roofing solution to keep buildings protected through winter and that she was monitoring contractor progress closely.

Adams also described site work including stormwater detention connections, road-base and curb-and-gutter progress; she said crews have graded athletic fields and prepared bus circulation and parking areas. On utilities she said power had reached sites and large electrical equipment was being installed in mechanical closets.

The presentation closed with board members asking follow-up questions about sequencing and timeline risk; Adams said contractors were responding with “due concern and urgency” and that she remained “anxious” about completing external weatherproofing before extended winter conditions.

District staff did not present a formal schedule change or seek a vote at the Oct. 2 meeting; the session was a progress report.