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Consultants recommend full roof replacement; MSBA to reimburse majority of $12.9 million project
Summary
Design consultants told the Templeton Select Board that multiple sections of the school roof are failing and recommended a near-complete replacement; the total project estimate is $12,886,181, with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) expected to reimburse roughly 59% of eligible costs.
Design consultants reported to the Templeton Select Board on Sept. 24 that multiple sections of the district'owned school roof system are failing and recommended a near-complete replacement to meet current energy codes.
An SMMA representative said the district faces multiple problems: roughly 35 leak locations in the building, through-wall flashing that pushes water into assemblies, insulation that no longer meets stretch code and localized gypsum-deck deterioration. The firm said some steel beams and columns show rust where moisture has penetrated the assembly.
"That estimate came back at about $8,000,000, give or take," the SMMA representative told the board when…
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