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Wenatchee district hears $14 million tech center update; GMP amendment for Building B recorded on consent agenda
Summary
Design-build team told the school board the Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center will include a new fire science addition and dental and medical labs, that permits have been submitted and that Building B will proceed under a $10.6 million GMP amendment approved on the consent agenda; work is phased to limit student disruption.
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The Wenatchee School District on Tuesday received a progress update on the Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center project, including scope, phasing and budget details, and the board ratified a guaranteed maximum price amendment for part of the work as part of the meeting’s consent agenda.
Pete Gelsing, director of the tech center, told the board the project has advanced through a validation phase that aligned program needs, budget and schedule, and that drawing sets were submitted for permit in early November. He said the project is financed largely through a state grant “to the tune of $14,000,000 and some change,” and that construction is expected to begin in mid-January once permits are cleared.
"It's been a heck of a process," Gelsing said, thanking district staff and the design-build team for coordinating a fast validation period that the team says reduced…
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