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Edina Public Schools details $25 million high-school mechanical upgrade and districtwide summer projects
Summary
Director of finance and operations Mert Woodard told the school board the district managed more than 16 summer projects, including a roughly $25 million mechanical upgrade at Edina High School funded by the Long Term Facilities Maintenance program and a $1.3 million rehabilitation at the Edina Community Center.
Mert Woodard, director of finance and operations for Edina Public Schools, told the school board on Aug. 11 that the district managed more than 16 construction projects over the summer, the largest being a multi-year mechanical upgrade at Edina High School with an approximate cost of $25,000,000 funded entirely from the districts Long Term Facilities Maintenance program.
Woodard said the high-school work is a three-year mechanical replacement that switches heating systems from very hot steam to a warm-water system and replaces aging air-handling units. The bid package was structured to allow renovation of interior spaces affected by the mechanical work, including flooring, ceilings and the Fick Auditorium, where nearly every nonseat component is being replaced.
"Almost every part of Fick Auditorium is…
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