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Banks SD 13: master-plan review estimates $31.8M–$35.8M for high-school work; board to pick concept Jan. 28
Summary
At a community forum recap, district staff and consultants presented two high-school concepts (both based on roughly 43,000 sq ft of new construction) and walked the board through cost assumptions: $740/sq ft for new construction (≈$31.82M) and $800/sq ft to remodel the district office (≈$8.4M), yielding a Concept 2 estimate of about $35.78M; schematic design and technical investigations (seismic scope, electrical refeed, hazardous-materials abatement) remain to be refined.
Banks School District staff and their consulting team reviewed community feedback and two campus master-plan concepts, focusing on options for replacing or renovating the high school and on budget assumptions the district used to estimate costs.
The presentation reiterated the district’s planning assumption of roughly 43,000 square feet of new construction for the high-school component. Using a planning-level figure of $740 per square foot for new construction produced a $31,820,000 estimate for the 43,000-square-foot new building. For the existing district office — 10,500 square feet — the team used a $800-per-square-foot remodel assumption that produced an $8.4 million retrofit estimate. After accounting for program offsets from remodeled space and other efficiencies, the team said Concept 2 as…
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