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Board hears $58,285 estimate to fix school electrical problem; contractor to run new conduit
Summary
Superintendent and facilities staff reported an electrical fault under a slab affecting HVAC and lighting; the district plans to run new rigid conduit and ordered materials, with an estimated contractor cost of about $58,285 and roughly two weeks from materials order to completion.
The Fayette County Schools superintendent told the board an ongoing electrical issue beneath a school slab or parking area is affecting HVAC and lighting and that the district plans to run a new circuit aboveground using rigid conduit rather than repeatedly digging to trace the buried line.
"It's going to cost about $58,285 for Car Electric to come in here and fix our electrical problem," the superintendent said, describing the district’s choice to run conduit overtop of the existing infrastructure as a quicker and likely cheaper alternative to repeatedly breaking concrete and tracking the buried line. Facilities staff said the existing line runs under a sidewalk and parking area and that earlier repairs had struck the line again.
Facilities staff (Mr. Payton) estimated materials would take about a week to arrive and about a week to perform the work once materials are onsite. The superintendent said the district called the contractor to order materials after receiving internal approval, and that the majority of work would be outside or in areas minimally disruptive to classrooms; some interior work would be required for limited access points.
Board members acknowledged the safety and operational concerns and asked that the work be scheduled to minimize disruption to students and staff. The board recorded the contracting plan and authorized staff to move forward with materials ordering and scheduling.
Transcript contains inconsistent spellings for the contractor (recorded as both "Car Electric" and "Part Electric"); the article reports the contractor name as stated in the meeting and flags the inconsistency for follow-up verification.
