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Facilities presenter Bohannon warns substantive completion likely delayed to December 2026 for Buckner and Oldham County high school projects
Summary
Mr. Bohannon told the board the state of framing, mechanical and interior work creates a realistic risk that substantial completion will not be achieved until December 2026; the district plans occupancy for January 2027 but said it has not approved a contract time extension.
Mr. Bohannon, the district’s facilities presenter, told the Oldham County Board of Education that recent site inspections and contractor briefings indicate a realistic risk that the Buckner High School and Oldham County High School projects will not reach substantial completion until December 2026.
"It creates a realistic risk that the substantial completion of that project will not be achieved until December 2026," Bohannon said. He said district planning assumes occupancy and structural use in the following semester — January 2027 — but emphasized that the contractor remains bound to the contractual substantial-completion date of 09/29/2026 and that the district has not granted a time extension or waived liquidated damages.
Bohannon reviewed design proposals for Oldham County High School, including a multi-level addition that would house a combined CTE program with welding and a replacement agricultural program, a rotated kitchen and loading dock, new CTE storage and locker spaces, seven classrooms on a second level, and a mezzanine mechanical platform. He described plans for interior demolition, abatement, relocation of utilities, and stormwater controls directed by the county’s hydraulic study.
The presenter asked the board for schematic design approval and outlined a sequencing plan that would put documents out to bid in November–December 2026, contingent on coordination with the Buckner project. The board approved consent items that included construction and design approvals as part of the evening's consent agenda (voice votes recorded 5-0).
District officials framed the December 2026 realistic-risk projection as an internal planning estimate rather than a contractual extension. Bohannon said the contractor "is obligated to prosecute the work diligently, maintain adequate manpower, and achieve substantial completion by the contractual established date," and that current scheduling and on-site conditions drove the district’s internal occupancy projection.
What happens next: the district expects to issue construction documents and place the work to bid in late 2026 if sequencing permits. The district will continue to monitor contractor performance and provide updates at subsequent meetings.
