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Operations team reports closure steps on longtime roughing project, 20-year district office roof warranty and planned summer facilities work
Summary
Operations staff told the board they have awarded a contractor for a long-running "roughing" procurement and expect closure this summer; staff also reported a 20-year manufacturer warranty on the district office roof and requested authorization for summer facilities projects.
The district's operational management team updated trustees on facilities projects, telling the board that the long-running roughing project procurement has closed and that the district has awarded a contract and set an accelerated closure timeline.
Interim operations director Dr. Wright said procurement and project staff have met with the selected company and that the contractor indicated the project could be closed as early as June 2025, ahead of an earlier August target tied to regulatory requirements. Wright also updated the board on the recently completed district office roof project, saying the roofing manufacturer provided a 20-year warranty and the contractor a three-year workmanship warranty tied to substantial completion (Dec. 15, 2024).
Wright asked trustees to consider approval of several summer projects to proceed while school is out. He identified planned summer work including pavement/parking-lot repairs at Colleton County Middle School (Parking Lot A/B) and audiovisual and lighting upgrades for the performing-arts center (AV control, wireless mics, projector, camera-system software upgrades). Wright said the projects should proceed during summer downtime and noted the district generally waits for board authorization before posting RFPs.
Trustees thanked staff and legal counsel for progress on the roughing project, citing the multi-year effort to remove environmental/regulatory obligations. The board discussed timing ahead of graduation and emphasized the importance of campus aesthetics for visitors and community events.
A later motion to put multiple capital projects out for bid was approved by the board (vote recorded as 5 in favor, 2 opposed), allowing staff to solicit proposals to complete the summer work if contractual and budget conditions are met.
