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Board hears high‑school design update; consultants say value engineering cut $1 million
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Consultants and the district reported schematic‑design progress on the new Kings Local high school, said the current estimate is about 1.8% over the prescribed budget, and described value‑engineering moves including a revised event entry that reduced estimated cost by $1 million.
Kings Local School District trustees received a progress report on the new high‑school design Tuesday, during which district consultants outlined schematic‑design milestones, upcoming estimates and value‑engineering steps intended to bring construction cost closer to the prescribed budget.
Holli MacLean of MCS & Associates said the project moved through schematic design and that the team’s recent estimating work had reduced the gap from roughly 5% above budget in November to about 1.8% above the prescribed budget in the current schematic estimate.
"We're going to develop an overall of what you guys have seen so far," MacLean said, and noted that at schematic design the team estimates at a per‑square‑foot…
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