Perryton ISD approves field house construction drawings, authorizes pricing and $75,000 demolition allowance

PERRYTON ' The Perryton ISD Board of Trustees voted to approve final construction drawings for the district's new field house and authorized Houston Builders to prepare pricing for the project, and separately approved a budgetary authorization of up to $75,000 to remove the existing ranger/ticket booth and complete required asbestos abatement.

The motion to approve the drawings and authorize pricing passed during the meeting; a subsequent motion to authorize demolition and remediation funding passed as presented. The board did not record named vote tallies for the field-house drawing authorization in the transcript; the demolition authorization was recorded as approved with a maximum contractor authorization of $75,000.

Architects and engineers described a roughly 50-page construction set covering architectural, accessibility, mechanical and electrical details that the district's presenters said are ready to go out for pricing. Presenter Brian, identified in the meeting as a designer with decades of experience, led a walk-through of the plans, highlighting an open training/weight room, varsity and junior-varsity locker rooms with showers, administrative and coaches' offices, a concession area, and multiple spectator restrooms. The design calls for a 2-hour fire separation wall around the large training area; presenters said that separation is intended to bring the building under code limits that avoid a full sprinkler requirement.

"This space is a good sized room," Brian said of the weight-training area, adding that the front-to-back ceiling height ranges from about 20 feet to 16 feet. He also described enlarged, dark-tinted windows facing the playing field and material options intended to make a pre-engineered metal building look less utilitarian.

Peyton, who presented the construction logistics and demo plan, told trustees the existing ranger/ticket booth contains asbestos-containing materials that must be abated before demolition. Peyton said the team's current estimate to remove asbestos, demolish the building, disconnect utilities and clear the site is about $75,000 and recommended the board approve a not-to-exceed authorization from the fund set aside for the field house.

"We're looking at about $75,000 to go ahead and get all that removed, demo the building, demo this using concrete at the wrong elevation, and then also disconnect all the electrical plumbing," Peyton said, adding the amount represents a small percentage of the overall field-house budget.

The presenters discussed temporary plans for the upcoming football season if demolition begins before construction is complete: moving the ranger/ticket booth to an alternate location near the east fence, using trailer bathrooms and temporary concession arrangements (pop-up concessions or a food truck), and fencing the active construction zone so spectators can still access the track and stands. The booster club and school staff were identified as partners to help operate temporary concessions.

Board discussion included questions about parking layout, delivery lanes and whether some surface elements (concrete vs. asphalt) should be specified in the bid. Staff said some parking elements will be priced as alternates and that angled parking on the west side was shown in the plans; architects estimated the number of angled spaces but did not provide a final, fixed count in the meeting materials.

The board approved the construction drawings and pricing authorization and separately approved the demolition/abatement authorization not-to-exceed $75,000. Staff said they will forward formal quotes and begin asbestos abatement and demolition planning if the district signs the contractor proposal.

Trustees were also told the construction set includes detailed door and wall schedules, insulation notes (presenters said the roof insulation is polyiso at roughly 5 inches), roof equipment locations with a roof hatch for maintenance access, and alternates such as decorative pergolas that can be priced as options.

The district indicated the demolition funding would be drawn from field-house funds set aside under bond-related project budgets; presenters said more detailed pricing and alternates will be brought back as part of the procurement package.

The board directed staff to proceed with pricing and to return any formal contract or guaranteed maximum price to the board for approval as required by district policy.