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High-school rebuild update: township review set; designers recommend prefab swimming-tank system with 25-year warranty
Summary
Architects gave the board a scheduled timetable for high-school construction, including township and conservation reviews, and presented a design for a six-lane competition pool using a Mertha (prefabricated stainless-steel) tank with a 25-year structural warranty; permit and bid milestones were outlined.
Architects and district project staff updated the board on the high-school reconstruction project and the proposed aquatic center.
Presenters said land-development and highway-occupancy work is mostly complete, with a township review scheduled ‘on the eighth at 06:30’ next month and conservation-district review ongoing; if permitting and bids proceed as expected, bid openings could occur in July with contract awards in August and a potential construction start in late summer.
On the pool design, architect Ted Walliver described a six-lane, 25-yard competition pool built with a prefabricated stainless-steel system that he said affords a 25-year structural warranty and reliable water-quality performance. “It’s a structural steel framing system… a 25 year structural warranty,” Walliver said, and added the prefabricated tanks can be produced and shipped on an accelerated schedule (about 10 weeks) compared with some conventional options.
Project staff told the board they plan April design-review presentations on reception, cafeteria and large-group spaces and that the April meeting could include a request to authorize advertising for bids and release of bid documents. Administrators noted the pool would be listed as an alternate on bid documents so the board could consider phasing or removing it depending on final costs.
The design team said spectator seating will be separated from pool deck activities by railings and that the building will include a secure double-lock vestibule and controlled access to the administrative suite and education wings.
