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Board hears $49 million estimate for Isbel Middle School modernization and discusses phased build and preservation
Summary
Architects presented a schematic design for Isbel Middle School that preserves the historic façade, adds a multipurpose room and reorients the front office; the project team reported a preliminary schematic estimate of about $49 million for phases one and two and discussed phasing, interim housing and community preferences.
HMC Architects presented the schematic design for Isbel Middle School to the Santa Paula Unified School District Board of Trustees, outlining a retrofit-plus-addition approach that preserves the historic street-facing façade and adds a new multipurpose room, kitchen/servery, a daylighted grand stair and a reoriented secure front office.
The district's project manager said the schematic-level cost estimate for the modernization and the new construction is "coming in around $49 million" when the modernization ($20 million), new construction (~$9 million for roughly 15,000 square feet), site work (~$2.5 million), a 10% contingency and an allowance for escalation are combined. The team said that estimate covers phases one and two and does not include optional future classroom buildings described in earlier studies.
That costing prompted detailed…
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