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Birdville ISD gives bond-construction progress report; Molendore project nearing completion
Summary
District construction manager reported Molendore Elementary is on track for April completion, work is pending federal floodplain clearance for a pavilion connector at Chaney Hills, and contractors will begin summer projects at Spicer Elementary, the FAC and Smithfield Middle School.
Birdville ISD construction staff updated the Board of Trustees March 27 on projects funded by the February 2022 bond, reporting that Molendore Elementary is in its final stages and scheduled for completion in April.
Mr. Klein, who presented the update, showed recent photos of the learning commons, the main controlled entry and classroom areas and said the district had received recent city approvals for portions of the project. "We are scheduled for completion in April," he said, noting final city inspections were ongoing.
Klein also briefed the board on the Chaney Hills pavilion project, where a connector spanning a creek contains four columns located in the core of an engineered floodplain. The district must obtain a Section 408 approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before that connector can be completed; Klein said the corps' "drop-dead" response date to the district is July 1 and that the contractor expects to finish the remaining work in about a month once approval is received.
Klein said the construction team that finished Molendore will shift to summer work on the district's FAC and Spicer Elementary, and that Smithfield Middle School will receive multi-summer work because of its complexity. Trustees asked technical questions about HVAC choices; Klein said replacements vary by campus and that some locations (for example, the press box) may use ductless units because of space constraints, but most replacements will use other systems tied to existing campus infrastructure. Trustees thanked construction staff for completing Molendore ahead of some adjacent city street work.
The update was presented for information; no board action was taken.
