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Orange High School refresh: district secures elevator procurement and readies phase-2 GMP; timeline targets next school year start
Summary
District staff and contractor Higley briefed the board on phase-1 completion, an intermediate —b elevator/stair-shaft procurement and upcoming phase-2 GMP bids for classroom renovations; the district aims to complete structural work before summer so interior work can occur over the break and the elevator be installed by July.
Operations staff and construction manager AM Higley updated the board on the Orange High School classroom refresh at the Nov. 6 meeting, reporting phase 1 completion, new scope items and procurement steps for an intermediate phase labeled 1b that covers an elevator and stair shaft.
Higley said the elevator purchase (Schindler) has a roughly 30-week lead time and the district must secure procurement to meet the construction schedule. The district plans to erect the elevator core shell (foundations, structural steel, masonry and stair shaft) during the school year and summer so crews can focus on interior classroom renovations during the summer break. The elevator cab installation would occur in July so the elevator is available for the start of the following school year.
Administrators said the original project control estimate remains the guiding budget and that phase-2 guaranteed maximum price (GMP) bids were out and expected back on Nov. 14; the administration plans to present GMP 2 at the next board meeting. Staff noted additional scope added since the original bid (for example, front-office reconfigurations for confidentiality) and said they will break out added items in the GMP so the board can compare the original control estimate to the current GMP proposal.
Board members asked about schedule risk, 60-hour-week work sequencing, trade coordination and contingency planning; Higley said the team anticipates compressed schedules but plans to stagger crews and use multiple drywall and trade crews where needed to meet the timeline.
The district also discussed related membership contract items on the agenda (roof replacement proposals and classroom refresh numbers provided for review). The administration said warranty terms (30 years for specified roofing components) and bidder qualifications were evaluated as part of the review process.
Next steps: board review of GMP 2 and formal GMP approval at a subsequent meeting; continued procurement to hold the elevator lead time and continued coordination with trades to meet the targeted start-of-school completion.
