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Project manager: Referendum construction moving forward; pay application filed and June utility switchover planned
Summary
ICS project manager Jason Filipek told the Cook County Public Schools board that construction activity has begun under Referendum 2: pay application #16 for $123,510.40 was submitted, the district holds a state permit, contractors are trenching, and a planned electrical switchover will cause brief outages June 1–2.
Jason Filipek, project manager for contractor ICS, told the Cook County Public Schools board that construction under Referendum 2 is underway and on track.
“Pay application number 16. That was in the amount of $123,510.40,” Filipek said in his update, adding the district had no change orders in the last month and that the budget “remains the same here.” He reviewed design-development drawings showing changes to the athletic field, playground and site circulation: the pole-vault area was removed after coaches’ input, a larger three-bay storage shed was added, sidewalks were widened and an ADA pathway was added to new playground surfacing.
Filipek said the district has a state permit, contractors are coordinating schedules and trenching for electrical service and propane is already under way. He told the board the team plans to transfer power to the new utility and install a new propane line on June 1–2; the district is asking for a two-day window to allow for unforeseen conditions and said it expects any disruption to last no more than a day.
The presentation also covered site amenities: resurfaced basketball courts, new turf where grass exists now, two new pieces of playground equipment funded by the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, relocation of a freezer, temporary fencing for site security, erosion control and an ambulance access path to the athletics area.
Filipek described a cross-district collaboration to source materials for a small pedestrian bridge in the school forest: timber salvaged from the old Duluth News Tribune building — roughly 100-year-old wood — will be repurposed and Duluth Public Schools students would help build the structure. “I met with the school and explained, like, hey. This wood would be perfect for this bridge,” he said.
He told the board he is finalizing cost estimates based on the design-development drawings and will present a recommendation and the completed documents at the June 18 board meeting for approval to proceed to construction documents.
Next steps: board members will receive the estimate and final design documents in June. The district will publish construction updates on the vikingsvision.org construction platform and asked the community to expect brief utility interruptions on June 1–2 during the electrical switchover.
