Buchanan County board hears detailed construction update on new high school, CTE spaces
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Summary
District staff showed drone video and photos and reported steady progress: site grading, sewer tie-ins, transformer and dumpster pads poured, roofing and MEP rough-ins underway, and retaining walls and curb-and-gutter scheduled; temporary power expected within days.
District staff provided a month-by-month construction update on the new Buchanan County high school and career and technical education (CTE) wing, highlighting steady progress and several upcoming milestones.
The presentation outlined site and building work completed and in progress: subgrade and stone installation for access roads and parking, poured transformer/generator and dumpster pads, ongoing sprinkler work and roofing, and major MEP rough-ins across multiple wings. Contractors have begun brick and ground-face CMU work and completed roof sections on the D wing; the speaker said spray-foam insulation has been applied in places and that temporary power to the site could be hooked up “tomorrow or maybe next Tuesday or Wednesday.”
The presenter showed drone images and a longer fly-through video taken by a CTE student. The footage and narration focused on the CTE wing’s robotics lab, multiple science classrooms, cosmetology and medical/pharmacy areas, the cafeteria and main office, and the pedestrian “bridge” and library areas. Site work noted included sewer tie-ins on the north side, retaining-wall work by athletic parking, and planned curb-and-gutter work on Rough Grouse Lane and bus parking.
Board members asked no substantial policy questions during the update. Construction-related motions later on the agenda covered budget-neutral housekeeping items: transferring contingency funds from early-site packages into the building package, approving change order No. 8 on the building package, approving a design-phase contract change, and a purchase-order amendment for casework. Those items were discussed and moved during the same meeting.
The presentation concluded with the speaker saying the building is "less than a year away" from opening and that crews were moving quickly on framing and mechanical rough-ins. No new contractors or contract amounts were named during the report; several contract and change-order motions later in the meeting were approved subject to legal review where noted.
