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Board approves selective demolition contract, easement and highlights summer capital work
Summary
The Burke County Board awarded a selective demolition contract for the new central office to Moss Marlow Building Company for $179,200, approved a Duke Energy easement for Freedom High School electrical upgrades and reviewed summer capital projects including gym floors, track repair and playground work.
The Burke County Board of Education on June 16 awarded selective demolition work at the future district central office and approved a utility easement to support electrical upgrades at Freedom High School, while administrators reviewed other ongoing summer capital projects.
The board authorized awarding demolition work to Moss Marlow Building Company of Hickory, North Carolina, which submitted the low bid of $179,200, a figure the district said was about half the original estimate. The resolution delegates authority to the superintendent and finance officer, in consultation with the board’s legal counsel, to execute contract documents and carry out the work.
At Freedom High School, the board approved a Duke Energy easement to allow a transformer change‑out and underground line work to isolate power between the gym, the ROTC building and the agriculture building. Administrators said the work is scheduled for July after the easement is finalized and is intended to keep the remaining buildings powered if one section loses electricity.
Summer capital updates discussed by the superintendent included a new gym floor at Freedom High School, track repairs following September flood damage, grading and paving near the field house and student parking lot, bathroom upgrades and a deconstruction and replacement of the Valdez playground. The superintendent asked the board to place the demolition contract and the Duke Energy easement on the evening’s action agenda; both items passed unanimously.
Why it matters: the demolition contract advances the district’s move to a new administrative building at 305 West Union Street; the electrical work at Freedom High is intended to reduce outage‑related disruptions to athletics, ROTC and agricultural programs. The district said the low demolition bid leaves room in the project budget.
Board action: the board placed the resolution awarding demolition on the consent/action slate and voted to approve. The Duke Energy easement was also approved with a unanimous voice vote. The superintendent indicated contractors expect to perform the easement work before students return in the fall.
