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Board hears detailed update on CTE building; architects outline design changes and cost-reduction steps
Summary
Architect Tom and district staff told the Newburgh City School District board that the CTE building design has been revised since the 2019 voter authorization to fix code issues, reallocate programs and reduce costs; current estimates include about $5.5 million in contingency and an increase to 23 classrooms from earlier submissions.
Tom, the project architect with CS Arch, presented a history of the CTE building’s design and the changes made since voters approved the project in May 2019. He said the ballot package originally listed a budget estimate of $62,000,000 and an authorized gross square footage of 133,000; later work and peer review by Jacobs (construction manager) led to a revised submission to the State Education Department in June 2023.
Tom told the board that the June 2023 submission showed fewer classrooms and a smaller gross area than the 2019 plan. “The construction-only estimate prepared by Jacobs was $92,700,000,” he said during the presentation, and the June package…
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