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Tetra Tech presents 10‑year building condition survey; estimates roughly $65.6 million in district needs
Summary
Tetra Tech presented the Cornwall Central School District's 2025 Building Condition Survey (BCS), a SED-required visual inspection and planning tool that estimates about $65.6 million in work over the next 10 years and highlights near-term priority projects at each campus.
Tetra Tech, the district's architect/engineering consultant, presented the Cornwall Central School District's 2025 Building Condition Survey (BCS) to the school board, outlining system-level needs across all district facilities and offering a prioritized, cost‑escalated 10‑year plan.
The BCS compiles more than 650 SED data points per building into an Excel-based planning tool that assigns priorities and future-dollar escalations to each item. Chris Schmidt of Tetra Tech described the BCS process and its regulatory purpose: "Every school district in New York needs to do this every 5 years." The firm said the full report exceeds 100 pages and that its findings have been uploaded to the SED portal.
Why it matters: the BCS is the basis for long‑range capital planning, prioritizing urgent repairs and helping the district present a defensible, cost‑estimated list to the community and potential funding authorities.
Key findings and numbers
- Total 10‑year estimated work: approximately $65,600,000 (Tetra Tech's all‑in…
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