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Kiski Area SD construction update: demolition nearly complete, board asked to approve change orders Monday
Summary
Construction contractor reported demolition at the intermediate school is about 95–100% complete, roofing and HVAC work are imminent, and administration will ask the board to approve several change orders (including line items cited in the packet) at the Monday meeting; drainage and student pedestrian safety were raised by board members.
Russ Del Rey, the project presenter, told the Kiski Area SD board the intermediate school renovation has moved largely into finishes after heavy selective demolition and that the district will ask the board to approve several change orders at its next meeting.
Del Rey said selective demolition is “probably 95 to 100% done,” structural steel has been delivered and distributed to the first level, and the interior contractor returned to the site. He said roofing work is expected to start in the next couple of weeks and that the HVAC contractor is installing piping. He also notified the board that the district negotiated removal of the entire kitchen floor to provide a smoother finished product.
Del Rey reviewed the packet’s change-order narratives and financial spreadsheet and called out several line items that he said the board should approve on Monday. The transcript includes amounts (as stated): a line item cited as "$66.48" for metal-stud framing (described as covering six locations), $6,300 for storm-related stone backfill, $9,000 for full-depth binder/top on a section of parking, and an estimate of about $40,000 quoted for replacement of approximately 200 lineal feet of old buried pipe. Del Rey emphasized contractors will not be paid until the work is complete and accepted by the architect and district.
Board members pressed Del Rey on drainage that currently flows onto a new parking area and on temporary fencing that narrows sidewalks where students walk from the intermediate school. Del Rey said the water issue occurs only when it rains and may become a winter safety problem if not repaired; he offered to ask the contractor to move a temporary fence back a few feet to give pedestrians more room.
Del Rey also showed photographs of reconfigured locker rooms, plumbing rough-ins, stage proscenium removal and detention-facility work, and said the district is awaiting a civil engineer’s punch list on the detention facility’s functionality.
The administration flagged these change orders for board action on Monday; no vote was taken at this meeting. The board will consider the packet (including change-order narratives) and the financial report at its next business session.
