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District pauses COH window replacements after asbestos discovery; stadium, fields near turnover
Summary
At a Board of Education meeting, Palumbo Group reported phase 1 of the capital program is complete, stadium and fields are nearing turnover, and an unexpected asbestos-containing material found behind COH windows forced the district to stop further window removals and defer half the window work to 2026.
Palumbo Group project manager Bill Devine told the Board of Education that the district’s first phase of capital work is complete and that much of phase 2 — including the new stadium, track and artificial turf — is on track for handover in mid‑August, while an asbestos discovery in an elementary school has forced a change to the window replacement schedule.
The finding matters because it paused exterior work at Cornwall Old Heights (COH), required abatement, and prompted the project team to limit how many windows are removed at a time to allow classrooms and other spaces to be returned for the school year.
“We are complete” with phase 1, Bill Devine said, and he described the stadium work and field punch list: the district is aiming to turnover the stadium on Aug. 15 while continuing to complete punch-list items. Devine said the tennis courts, new bleachers and press box, scoreboard fiber…
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