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Newport Daily News
NEWPORT Escalating construction prices in the pandemic era are putting a damper on the city’s plans for a new high school and an eight-classroom addition to the elementary school.
The first indication of the seriousness of the problem came this week when the estimated construction costs for the Pell Elementary School addition came in much higher than expected. Those costs were compiled by Behan Bros of Middletown, the designated general contractor for the job.
“It seems to have gotten worse although the pandemic is winding down,” said School Committee member Rebecca Bolan, who is co-chairwoman of the 22-member School Building Committee that includes city officials and members of the community.
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Newport Daily News
NEWPORT The city’s School Building Committee is now advertising for an architect and engineering firm to design a new Rogers High School in the coming year.
The 22-member committee that includes school and city officials, as well as volunteers from the community, is seeking separately an architect and construction firm to make a proposal for a “design-build” of the planned eight-room addition to the Pell Elementary School.
Finally, the committee, which is co-chaired by School Committee members Rebecca Bolan and Louisa Boatwright, is seeking a construction manager for the two projects.
“We know that the Pell addition will look like the rest of the school and how it will be configured, so we decided to seek a design-build proposal for that project,” Bolan said.