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Schmidt Associates: roughly $25M in repairs needed across Tipton schools
Summary
Schmidt Associates told the Tipton school board a recent facility condition assessment identifies about $25 million in capital needs, with mechanical, electrical and site work driving the largest costs; the firm will deliver a detailed spreadsheet to help the district prioritize projects.
Schmidt Associates presented a district-wide facility condition assessment to the Tipton Community School Corporation, saying its team rated site, building envelope, interiors and environmental systems and rolled those scores into an overall suitability metric.
"There's about $25,000,000 worth of things in here that needs to be sorted out," said Kyle Miller, principal at Schmidt Associates, as he walked the board through the firm’s scoring and cost model. Miller told the board the largest discipline-level cost drivers were mechanical (about $11,000,000), electrical (about $10,000,000) and site work (roughly $9,000,000), and that the team had broken the campus into component buildings (high school, middle, elementary, transportation and athletic facilities) to prioritize work.
The firm showed live outputs from its SCOPE/Power BI tool and illustrated how discipline- and building-level scores produce a prioritized project list. Miller used the soccer field as an example: construction-only items for scoreboard, netting and benches were listed at about $155,000, with an overall project estimate including inflation and soft costs of about $246,000.
Board members asked detailed questions about the chart legends and a mismatched color key in the presentation; Schmidt staff acknowledged the discrepancy, said they would correct the visualizations and promised to deliver the full spreadsheet and an updated PowerPoint so district staff could adjust scores as work is completed.
The consultants recommended the district focus early work on building systems—particularly HVAC and electrical—while addressing site maintenance (sealcoating, mill-and-overlay) according to a multi-year program. Miller said the assessment and spreadsheet will be a living document the district can update to reflect completed projects and changing priorities.
