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Owner’s project manager outlines schedule, budget and design changes for Memorial School rebuild
Summary
At the Nov. 12 Regional School District 13 board meeting, the district’s newly introduced owner’s project manager said design work for Memorial School is advancing, local and state approvals are underway, a phase‑two completion test is targeted for Dec. 10, and the project remains on budget though some roof designs were revised to manage costs.
The board introduced Angela Kaggel, the owner’s project manager retained to represent the district for the Memorial School construction project, who provided a schedule and budget update.
Kaggel said STV will attend building‑committee meetings, monitor design and construction progress, and facilitate grant reporting and closeout with the state Office of Grants Administration. “We function at the top of the triangle with you. We’re your representatives. We’re your eyes and ears,” Kaggel said.
She reported that the project is in the design‑development and construction‑document phases: phase two (demolition and hazardous‑materials abatement) and phase three (construction) are both underway and will be bid separately. Kaggel said the design team has completed design‑development drawings and cost estimates, and that plan‑completion reviews are scheduled with local officials and the state. She said the project team is targeting a completion test for phase two on Dec. 10 and hopes to convene a special combined building‑committee and board meeting the week of Dec. 1 to secure required signatures for local approvals.
Kaggel described a recent value‑management review that identified options to keep the project on budget while preserving key features. As one notable change, she said the design for parts of the new building’s roof system was revised from pitched and barrel‑vault elements to predominantly flat roofs to reduce costs while retaining the district’s preferred high‑quality pitched roofs over existing portions of the building.
Board members and Kaggel also discussed permitting logistics: small towns sometimes use third‑party reviewers to process plan checks and the project team has begun coordinating with local officials and the town’s tree warden, including documentation for planned tree removals. Kaggel said long‑lead items such as switchgear remain a schedule risk and that ad‑alternate items are being held as options to add back if bids allow.
The board did not take a construction vote at the meeting; Kaggel said the project remains on budget and that the next formal milestones are local approvals, state plan completion reviews and the phase‑two completion test.
What’s next: the building committee and STV will continue design and permitting work, the district expects separate bids for phase two and three, and the board will be asked to sign plan‑completion paperwork once local approvals are secured.
