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New Hampstead K–8: construction team reports surcharge settlement, April foundations and $130M contract
Summary
Bordeaux Construction told the Pender County Board of Education the site surcharge is complete and settlement monitoring is underway; foundations are expected to start in April and substantial completion is projected for May 2027.
Bordeaux Construction project manager Ben Warren updated the board on the new K–8 school site and schedule, detailing soil remediation, schedule milestones and soft‑cost allowances.
The center of the presentation covered the preloading ("surcharge") strategy the contractor used to stabilize soft, low‑lying soils at the site. Warren said the project required roughly 300,000 cubic yards of fill placed over the planned building pad and that geotechnical instruments are currently monitoring settlement. "We have approximately an 80 day period that we anticipate the settlement to take, and all signs are pointing to it happening within that window,"…
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