Easton Area SD board hears schematic-design update for new high school; PlanCon A/B review scheduled for September

Consultants for the Easton Area School District presented a schematic-design and value-engineering update on the district's new high school project and told the board the district will present PlanCon A and B and ask for schematic-design approval at the September voting meeting.

The design and construction team outlined the value-engineering (VE) process that produced more than 200 items for review and described the next steps through design development. "We had over 200 items that we we looked at, which was a a great discussion about what how we can maximize value for our project," said Mike DePogman, who identified himself as with CHA, the construction management team working with the design team.

The presentation showed that the VE review categorized items by priority and feasibility (0–3 ranking). The consultants said items ranked 3 were already accepted; items ranked 2 require more cost information before a decision, and items ranked 0–1 were deemed inappropriate for the project at this time. DePogman told the board the next phases will produce costed worksheets for the higher-priority VE items, and the district expects a formal schematic-design budget update at next month's meeting followed by 60%…