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District reports ESSER construction progress; retainage and bid-pack closeouts advancing
Summary
District staff told the board the ESSER- and SAVE-funded high-school renovation work is in final phases of several bid packages, retainage is being released, and about $2.45 million in project enhancements have been added. Staff said gym floor replacement is scheduled to begin June 9.
District construction and ESSER project managers told the Burlington Community School District board on May 19 that multiple bid packages for the high-school renovation are nearing closeout and that work continues on final phases.
Staff said most of Bid Pack 2 is being closed out and that a claim against a bond has been resolved. Bid Pack 3 (Life/Co package) had retainage paid. Bid Pack 4 (asbestos work) remains and the final phase is expected in June. The gym roof replacement (Bid Pack 15) has one document left before closeout, and the gym floor replacement is scheduled to begin on June 9, the Monday after school ends.
Project managers told the board they had explored donating the existing maple gym floor to Preservation Station but were told Preservation Station lacked capacity. Staff said portions of the floor (logos, school-related pieces) might be salvaged for district use.
In addition to scheduled work, staff described roughly $2,450,000 in project enhancements across SAVE and ESSER projects that were not in original budgets but that the district has worked to include; two remaining high-ticket items were LED light replacements and locker-room updates, estimated together at "around 300-ish thousand". Managers said they were trying to put these enhancements under contract to complete the work this summer and that, overall, the work can be squeezed into the current budgets.
Staff warned that a summer phase will be disruptive in corridors north of the central core and around the library; some circulation will be routed externally for periods. They said mechanical systems and temperature control zones (more than 200 zones) are being monitored and that occasional maintenance/commissioning decisions can create day-to-day temperature variation.
Board members asked about remaining punch-list items, asbestos timelines and the status of the tennis-court retainage; staff said retainage approvals have been routed and that final vendor payments are in process.
The board approved the monthly ESSER and SAFE status report by motion during the meeting.
