The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District received a multi-campus construction update on July 28 from Brian Green of Huckabee on projects funded by the 2024 bond program. District and contractor staff reviewed progress on the swim center renovation, a phased piping replacement at Colleyville Heritage High School (CHHS), summer renovations at several elementary campuses and work at district transportation facilities.

Brian Green said the swim center renovation is substantially complete: new dehumidification equipment and pumps had been installed, the pool was being filled, and new ceiling and paint work were finished. Some items remain due to lead times — new telescoping bleachers are scheduled for delivery in October and installation over Thanksgiving break, and a rooftop unit is slated for installation Aug. 20.

At Colleyville Heritage High School, crews completed piping replacement in several first-floor academic wings this summer and will perform testing and balancing of the HVAC systems this week so staff may reoccupy those areas. The full mechanical replacement is a three-summer program; phases were scheduled to allow summer activities to continue in completed areas while remaining work moves to the second and third floors in future summers.

Colleyville Elementary and Heritage Elementary received safety and security upgrades, roofing work and stage AV/curriculum upgrades; Cross Timbers Middle School’s sewer-line replacement and corridor overhead doors progressed but some fire-rated overhead doors were delayed by shipments and will be installed over weekends once arrived. Transportation facility work replaced underground fuel tanks and dispensers; crews had completed installation and were preparing to fill the tanks for testing. District staff reported a temporary contract/vendor issue when the district’s fuel vendor was acquired; purchasing is processing a new cooperative contract and staff expect final fueling and testing to proceed this week once the vendor contract is in place.

Green provided photos and described next steps: final cleaning, testing and equipment installations over the next several weeks, with some items carrying into the school year or the next construction season because of long lead times. Trustees asked about testing and disruption; staff said testing and balancing work is discrete and should not require widespread closures and that the district planned weekend and off-hours installations when possible to minimize impact on classes and activities.

The board accepted the construction update and asked staff to continue reporting schedule changes. Owner contingency expenditures for a circulation pump valve and copper supply line replacement at Colleyville Elementary were reported as the single contingency expenditure since the last meeting.