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Three firms pitch East High HVAC overhaul; board to select contractor Jan. 27

Elizabethtown Area School District Board · January 15, 2026
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Three ESCO/general-contractor teams — McClure Company, Quandl and SiteLogic — presented competing approaches for a large HVAC renovation at East High Elementary, each promising oversight, warranties and grant help; the board plans to pick one firm at its Jan. 27 meeting.

Elizabethtown Area School District board members heard hour-long pitches Jan. 13 from three firms competing to carry out a planned HVAC renovation at East High Elementary, with the board set to choose a vendor at its Jan. 27 meeting.

Mister Gillis, chair of the facilities committee, framed the project as an energy-savings (ESCO) renovation funded in part by remaining proceeds from earlier construction and potentially by state grants. He told the board that the district must obligate those remaining funds within three years or face paying back accrued interest.

McClure Company presented a design-build approach led by senior mechanical engineer John Gunning. McClure emphasized that it “self-performs HVAC,” meaning it designs, installs and maintains…

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