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It is the centerpiece of a $57.5 million bond voterss approvedlast June. The bond’s passags — as well as severa l other area schoolbonds — gave local contractorsa and architects an opportunity to secure more work as commercial constructionm waned last fall with the onset of the economic recession. “We get a space for some we try and fill saysRandy Coonrod, president of Inc., the constructionn manager for Valley Center’s bond work. “Valley Centerr fit us great. We’ve been fortunat we’ve always been able to fill our programs.
” Coonrod also is workint on $50 million worth of school constructionin Chapman, and likely will bid on some of the work from $370 million bond issue voters approved last “We follow and do schools all Coonrod says. “It’s one of our major Bond work also is helping architects fill gaps in their work is working onValley Center’s bond projects as well as a $16.32 million renovation to . Forty percent of the firm’e Wichita portfolio is in school jobs.
Ken Helmer, one of the firm’z managing principals, says bond work comes duringh what has been a tough yearfor private-sector “We’re just seeing 2009 as a treading-water year,” Helmer told the in He said then securing work on Wichita’s bond was perfec timing for the firm because it woulds be nearing completion on Valle Center’s bond and finishing a high school addition in On Schedule, Under Budget Work on Valley Center’s bond projects continues to move forwar d on schedule, says Scott Springston, the district’s Installing artificial turf on the high school football field was the first bond projectf completed.
Expansions at the district’s three elementary schools are progressingas well. Bids for thoses and several other projects, Springston says, were less than initiapl projections. The high school is one such example. The $34 millionj price tag is about $2.6 million less than originally “It’s great to be in a situationb where bidsare under,” Springston says. He says lowe r costs could free up extra moneyu to fund projects that were eliminate d from the bond plan or reducedx tocontrol costs, such as technologu improvements.
The high school will have an 1,100-studen capacity, two floors, a top-loaded gym whered people access seating from thesecond floor, and 10 tennies courts. The site won’tr include any other athletic facilities. “Wse will definitely have the capacity to hostlarge events,” Springstonb says. Valley Center also has starter the design phase for its transportationm facility andcentral office. The district hopes to have all of the bond work completefd byJuly 2011. “Everything is runnin on schedule,” Springston says.
Friday, August 3, 2012
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