District reviews summer facilities work: HVAC, roofs, toilets and White Farm parking completed

The Concord School District’s capital facilities committee heard a review of summer capital and maintenance work on Aug. 25, with staff reporting completion or progress on a package of projects across school properties. District staff described HVAC work at the high school, moisture testing and roof repairs at middle- and elementary-school buildings, multiple toilet and flooring replacements, a new food pantry conversion and a finished paving job at White Farm. The summary was given by Matt Cashman (administration), who led the presentation and answered committee questions. Cashman said crews installed 19 modular rooftop HVAC units at the high school and that the city fire department inspected ductwork and issued a certificate of occupancy; as of the Friday before the meeting, 13 of the 19 units had refrigerant charged. “School is clean and ready for Wednesday,” Cashman said, describing the building’s readiness for the start of school. Committee members were shown photographic examples and a list of projects: a service-entry ledge repair at Beaver Meadow; CHS culvert work that began days earlier; fence work at an ADS pre-K area; roughly 33 moisture-problem locations identified at Runlet Middle School and addressed after a May moisture test; wall-mounted toilet replacements; added electrical outlets at Broken Ground; conversion of an old girls’ locker room into a food-storage room; masonry cap repairs and waterproofing at Crystal McAuliffe; and multiple flooring jobs, including a rugged rink-style surface ordered for installation in December for a high-traffic mini gym area. Cashman explained roofing repairs in technical terms used during the presentation (membrane seams, EPDM rubber replacement, ballast roofing, installation of weeps between bricks for drainage). He said crews installed automated heating-valve actuators in some middle-school mechanical systems to reduce manual winter adjustments, and that Garland Roofing (the district’s roofing contractor/warranty provider) has inspected and will oversee punch-list roofing repairs tied to the HVAC work. White Farm was singled out as finished: staff compacted a base, applied a base coat and added a finished coat to replace a former dirt lot with ruts and puddles. Cashman also described the White Farm program use (STEM, life-skills classes, hydroponics and partnerships with New Hampshire Fish and Game). Committee members asked technical and scheduling questions — for example, when full refrigerant charging and control tie-ins would be complete. Cashman said two to three weeks of punch-list and control work remained and that remaining rooftop penetrations and tie-ins would be noninvasive to occupants because the work is on roofs or in mechanical rooms. The committee did not take formal action on the summer projects; members thanked staff and requested follow-up details be distributed as needed.