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Lake County board selects CPPI as construction manager for Eustis High addition
Summary
After hearing 20‑minute presentations from five construction managers, the Lake County School Board picked CPPI to lead design‑phase construction management for a $35.4 million Eustis High School expansion that will add classrooms, CTE labs and site work.
The Lake County School Board selected CPPI as the construction manager for the planned Eustis High School 9th‑grade center and career‑tech expansion after presentations from five shortlisted firms at a Feb. 3, 2025 workshop.
Board members heard 20‑minute pitches from Wharton Smith/GSB Construction, CPPI, Wellbro (with mentor partner Competitive Edge Partners), Williams Company, and DE Scorpio. Each firm described its understanding of the campus, approaches to safety and staging on an occupied site, local subcontractor participation goals, early procurement strategies for long‑lead equipment and potential value‑engineering options.
CPPI principal Jason Morgan told the board, “Now is the time to make this project happen,” and positioned his team’s plan around keeping practices and most campus activity on site while building a 600‑station classroom/CTE addition and a new practice field. CPPI said it would target a 45 percent local labor participation goal and proposed sequencing work so the new practice field and parking are available…
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