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Radnor Township SD committee updates schedule and costs for Ithan Elementary construction
Summary
At a Sept. 16 facilities committee meeting, district consultants outlined a November plan to advertise construction bids for the new Ithan Elementary School, explained early tree removal timed to protect the Indiana bat, and detailed updated cost estimates that include a rise in site-work costs and a set of alternates to manage bid-day outcomes.
Radnor Township School District officials and outside consultants told the facilities committee on Sept. 16 that they plan to release construction documents for the new Ithan Elementary School for public bidding in November and expect to present bid results to the facilities committee in February before the board considers contract awards.
The consulting team said early tree removal will be scheduled to meet endangered-species timing for the Indiana bat. “The cutting of trees that have been identified as potential habitat for that must, must occur … between October and March,” a Breslin Architecture Group representative said. Because of that window, consultants recommended soliciting prices for early tree removal rather than waiting to fold that work into later construction.
Why it matters: removing identified trees in the fall–winter window is meant to comply with species-protection requirements and avoid regulatory delays, but it also separates that work from main construction phasing and requires the committee to authorize an early contract if it wants the removals…
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