Keith Vandervort
ELY –No turning back now. Demolition of the Ely school Industrial Arts building started Monday afternoon as the $20 million facility renovation project moves forward for ISD 696.
School board members gathered a couple of hours later and were briefed on how they hope to proceed with a project that was bid millions of dollars over budget.
District leaders formally rejected the entire second phase construction bid package that came in last month at more than $8 million, twice the amount that was estimated.
School officials and project managers are now facing the prospect of working through possible major reductions of as much as $ 4 million in renovating the existing school campus buildings when they re-bid that portion of the project later this fall.
ELY – An official ground-breaking ceremony was held this week to commemorate the beginning of work on the $20 million school renovation project for ISD 696, but questions swirled in this …
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Keith Vandervort
ELY – A public bid opening last Thursday for the first phase of a multi-year building and facility renovation project for the Ely school district gave construction managers and district officials an idea of the real-world cost expectations, estimated to cost about $20 million.
Project construction manager Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. hosted the bid opening in the Washington School auditorium. Just a couple of contractors, a representative from Architectural Resources, Inc., two ISD 696 staff members, a school board member, and a member of the local media witnessed the arduous task of opening and tabulating the sealed bids on more than 30 work scopes.
REGIONAL- Nearly two years ago, the mere threat of seeking legal counsel was enough to catch the attention of at least two of three contractors embroiled in a long-standing, far-ranging dispute with …