Board approves $43.01 million guaranteed maximum price for Hanahan Middle School renovation
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The Berkeley County Board of Education approved a $43,010,285 guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for the renovation and expansion of Hanahan Middle School, after the district renegotiated a contract and preserved schedule while reducing cost by about $3 million.
The Berkeley County Board of Education approved a guaranteed maximum price of $43,010,285 for the renovation and expansion of Hanahan Middle School during its Jan. 6 meeting.
The district presented the project as a renovation and addition that will keep the existing 1999–2000 building (about 50,800 square feet) while demolishing roughly 59,330 square feet of older construction and adding 82,502 square feet of new space, producing a campus of about 133,302 square feet. The administration said the construction cost is $43,010,285 and estimated soft costs at $10,000,000, for a total project cost of approximately $53,010,285.
Doctor Whitley, the district presenter, said the district identified Hanahan Middle as a phase 1 penny sales tax project in February 2023 and temporarily relocated about 796 students to a modular campus so construction could proceed. The administration said it rejected an earlier contractor's GMP and negotiated with the next-ranked contractor, producing an estimated $3,000,000 in savings that will be reflected in the GMP presented to the board.
Architect Hal Fuller of FW Architects described the two-story classroom addition, new gymnasium and administrative spaces, and specialty rooms included in the new construction. He said the new construction will include science labs, computer labs, self-contained classrooms, ESOL/resource rooms and a full-size gym; officials said the school's capacity will be roughly 1,100'050 students depending on final classroom counts.
Construction manager Graham Reynolds of HG Reynolds Company Inc. said demolition work to clear the site had already begun under a separate contract and that the GMP includes demolition, new on-site road work, off-site road improvements (including work related to Knight Street), allowances for unsuitable soils, renovation of the existing retained building, additional parking and paving, and new site circulation to improve fire and traffic access.
The board voted to approve the GMP as recommended by the capital planning committee; Miss Coats read the committee's recommendation and the full board approved the GMP by voice vote (ayes 8, nays 0). The motion named HG Reynolds Company Incorporated as the contractor for the GMP.
Board members said the plan aims to return students to a modernized building while managing costs and maintaining schedule. The administration did not provide a firm reopening date in the presentation; officials said the construction schedule remained on track following the renegotiation.
Details on the project scope, cost breakdown and site plan were presented during the capital planning committee meeting and again at the full board meeting.
