Contractor: New Pender K-8 site pushing through earthwork; stormwater permit is next hurdle

Ben Warren, vice president of Bordeaux Construction and the project manager for Pender County Schools’ new K-8, told the school board the project has moved from surcharge placement into site grading and foundation work and that major underground utility design is underway.

Warren said crews brought in what he described as “approximately 300,000 yards of earth” to create a surcharge for settlement under the future building pad and that the contractor is currently spreading that earth across the site to reach final grades. He told the board the first large foundation pour — “about a 30-yard pour” for footing — already occurred and that gymnasium wall pours are planned as weather allows.

The contractor and district staff said the county building permit is in hand and the project’s traffic impact analysis (TIA) has been approved. The team is resubmitting the stormwater permit to the North Carolina Department of…