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Board authorizes planning for Valley View Elementary indoor-air-quality and HVAC project
Summary
The Columbia Heights Public Schools board on Feb. 25 authorized administration to begin detailed planning and design for an indoor air quality and HVAC modernization at Valley View Elementary, a multi‑year project estimated at about $16.32 million.
Director Hennikins told the Columbia Heights Public Schools board on Feb. 25 that the district needs a multi-year plan to address deferred maintenance at aging facilities and asked the board to authorize administration to engage Wold Architects & Engineers and Carl Sanderson to begin detailed planning for an indoor air quality (IAQ) and HVAC project at Valley View Elementary.
Hennikins said Valley View, built in the 1960s, shows the district’s highest facility-condition needs and that unit ventilators and other systems in classrooms are past useful life. He described a project scope that would replace older ventilation equipment in most of the building, add supplemental geothermal heating and dehumidification, update classroom…
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