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Committee backs rooftop air-source heat pump; Lincoln site redesign to be refined
Summary
The Winchester School Committee voted unanimously Feb. 13 to support replacing Lincoln Elementary School’s failing chiller with an air‑source heat pump mounted on existing rooftop dunnage, and asked project staff to re-scope optional plaza work to reduce cost while expanding usable outdoor space.
Engineers and landscape consultants joined the Feb. 13 Winchester School Committee meeting to present updated designs for site repairs and a replacement heating/cooling system at Lincoln Elementary School. The meeting included two linked conversations: a civil/landscape plan to address eroded and uneven sidewalk, granite stair deterioration and a proposed gathering plaza; and an HVAC proposal to replace a failing split chiller.
Allison O’Neil of Gale Associates summarized the flatwork schematic design, which addresses multiple maintenance problems — uneven concrete panels that create tripping hazards, spalled concrete around railing embeds, failing granite treads at the main entry and an area used informally as an outdoor gathering space. The consultant presented two cost…
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