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Northwestern Lehigh board hears roofing proposals; local firm Condition 1 offers steep savings on middle- and high-school projects
Summary
District facilities staff and representatives from Condition 1 presented bids and technical details for a middle-school shingle replacement and a high-school roof coating. Staff said capital reserves are earmarked and the vendor’s local presence and warranties were major selling points.
District facilities staff updated the board on planned roof work for Northwestern Lehigh High School and Middle School, presenting recent contractor pricing and technical details and identifying funding set aside in capital reserves.
The facilities presentation said past estimates for the middle-school shingle replacement ranged from about $2 million in 2020 to roughly $1.65 million in 2024; the high-school coating had been estimated at roughly $800,000 in 2023 and later $640,000. Facilities staff said they engaged a local vendor, Condition 1 Commercial Roofing of New Tripoli, and that the company’s proposal could yield “savings of at least a million dollars” compared with earlier estimates, based on Condition 1’s pricing and warranties.
The Condition 1 team walked the board through scope and schedule details. For the middle school, the contractor estimated roughly 91,000 square feet of shingled roof (presented as approximately 914 squares). The company explained it separated potential deck (substrate) replacement into an add‑alternate because a limited portion of the sheathing may be compromised by prior leaks; presenters described a worst‑case decking allowance and gave a per‑square‑foot figure to budget for replacing up to roughly one‑third of the decking if necessary. Condition 1 said the middle‑school work would take about 18 days on site and the high‑school coating about 3–4 weeks, accounting for surface preparation and the manufacturer’s required multi‑coat curing schedule.
Condition 1 described product and warranty details: JF Timberline HDZ shingles (GAF) for the shingle work, a 40‑year materials warranty and an extended labor warranty available through the manufacturer, and oversized 6K gutters for large watershed areas. The contractors said they would use boom trucks and local suppliers, and noted their local base in New Tripoli would reduce response time for warranty follow‑ups. Facilities staff said the district will require the vendor to secure a performance bond (estimated to add about 3% to the contract price) and that legal and procurement staff are preparing a contract template and bond language for board consideration.
Board members asked technical and financial questions about the scope, the assumed amount of decking replacement, schedule, and prevailing wage compliance. Presenters said the district’s pricing worksheets include a conservative contingency and that the vendor had supplied references and manufacturer warranty verification. The facilities director said capital reserves currently include approximately $1.6 million earmarked for the middle‑school roof and $640,000 earmarked for the high‑school coating; he noted those sums will cover the projects as presented.
No formal award vote was held that night. Facilities staff said the roofing procurement will proceed through the district’s contracting process; presenters said the work is available through the CoStar/MASA contracting route and recommended moving forward to formal contract approval in the next board meeting cycle. The board generally praised the presentation and thanked staff for cost research and the vendor for a detailed proposal.
Notes: details about per‑square pricing and worst‑case decking scenarios were presented on slides and in contractor worksheets. The district said all bidders will be subject to standard bonding and contract review by legal staff prior to final approval.
