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Cheltenham SD facilities committee: bids come in far below estimates for Cedar Brook and Glenside; stadium turf work underway
Summary
At a Facilities Committee meeting, staff reported Cedar Brook and Glenside construction bids well under earlier estimates, which could reduce borrowing; committee members pressed for explanations of estimator variances and received updates on stadium progress, a repaired elementary court and permitting.
Cheltenham SD facilities staff told the Facilities Committee that bids for two planned additions — Cedar Brook and Glenside — came in substantially lower than earlier estimates, potentially reducing the district's borrowing needs. The committee also heard an update on stadium construction and a completed safety repair at Winco Elementary.
A facilities staff member summarized the district's three strategic-plan projects — the stadium, the Cedar Brook addition and the Glenside addition — and contrasted original estimates with final bid results. On Cedar Brook the staff member said the estimated construction budget had risen during design to about $23.8 million but "we were pleasantly surprised when we opened the ... bids came back at 13,700,000.0." He added that the estimate increase had been driven in part by an engineering recommendation for additional steel to address mismatched roof conditions.
The staff member told the committee that the district had planned for a roughly $30 million bond issue…
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