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Smithville R-II bond projects moving forward amid $136,000 masonry bracing surprise
Summary
Board members heard a construction update on high school demolition and rebuilding; district leaders reported an unanticipated $136,000 masonry-bracing expense and said bids for the next package are scheduled for December with board approval expected mid-December.
The Smithville R-II Board of Education on Tuesday received an update on the district’s bond-funded construction work, including demolition at the high school and the start of steel-footing installation for the new building.
Dr. Collins, who led the bond-project briefing, said crews have progressed through package 0 and are close to completing masonry bracing. “It was a $136,000 of expense that we weren’t expecting in this bond project,” Dr. Collins said, and he…
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