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Consultants urge coatings and targeted repairs over wholesale skylight replacement for Giza project
Summary
Site Logic presented alternates for skylights and standing-seam metal roofing at the Giza project, showing replacement costs in the high six figures to low millions; consultants recommended membrane coatings and targeted repairs to extend life and reduce near-term costs.
Consultants with Site Logic and contractor representatives briefed the Southern York County School District Board on Nov. 20 about alternates for the Giza renovation project, focusing on skylights, standing-seam metal roofs, greenhouse skylights and small metal overhangs.
Damien Spar of Site Logic and Dave Maldonado reviewed conditions and options. Their cost examples included a full replacement of the main skylights at about $1.3 million, in-place refurbishment at roughly $436,000, and a membrane coating option for the skylights priced at about $190,000 that would come with an approximately 10-year warranty. Replacing the standing-seam metal roofs (and associated skylights) was presented at about $990,000; alternative coating and repair approaches lowered near-term costs but still reached into the high hundreds of thousands when combined. The consultants emphasized that coatings and targeted repairs can extend useful life and are quicker to implement than full replacement, which can also involve long manufacturing lead times for custom skylights.
Board members asked technical questions about how membrane systems meet rooflines, whether coatings impede daylight, product brands (CICA for skylight coatings; Sika and Sherwin-Williams discussed for other products), and the possibility of reapplying coatings in the future to extend life in 10-year increments. Consultants recommended delaying wholesale skylight replacement unless the board accepted lead times and large capital costs; they proposed returning with refined pricing and recommendations for January or February to align with grant opportunities and final budgeting.
The board indicated consensus to pursue further study and to revisit the alternates in the winter with additional data and grant application planning.
