May 11, 2021
The District 205 Board of Education approved around 370-thousand dollars in change orders for the renovation work at Galesburg High School.
Changes include the removal of drive lane and sidewalks, including a ramp, stairs, and handrail; Servery Equipment for the second floor for the 7th and 8th Grade portion of the building; upgraded electrical; and the new costs for the metal lockers, blamed on the spike in steel costs.
Board member Rodney Phelps asked Russell Construction’s Lee Marbach how the district was paying for these change orders. Marbach says that the funds are coming from contingency and that money has run dry. “Based on where we are today, we’ve pretty much all but used all of our contingency with all these changes we’re talking about today.”
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Over the next six weeks, a small city in Alabama will get a whole lot of attention and probably gain a bunch of new visitors thanks to Ben and Erin Napier, stars of HGTV’s “Home Town.”
Wetumpka, a quaint spot nestled along the Coosa River, will be the focus of “Home Town Takeover,” a reality series that highlights 12 major renovations around town. Restaurants, shops, historic homes, public spaces, a farmers market and a downtown street will be featured on the show, which debuts on Sunday at 7 p.m. CT on HGTV and Discovery Plus.
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Posted Apr 28, 2021
HGTV stars Ben and Erin Napier came to Alabama for a new series, Home Town Takeover. It debuts on May 2, 2021, and features 12 major renovations in Wetumpka.(Anders Krusberg/Courtesy of HGTV)
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Over the next six weeks, a small city in Alabama will get a whole lot of attention and probably gain a bunch of new visitors thanks to Ben and Erin Napier, stars of HGTV’s “Home Town.”
Wetumpka, a quaint spot nestled along the Coosa River, will be the focus of “Home Town Takeover,” a reality series that highlights 12 major renovations around town. Restaurants, shops, historic homes, public spaces, a farmers market and a downtown street will be featured on the show, which debuts on Sunday at 7 p.m. CT on HGTV and Discovery Plus.
April 13, 2021
The Board of Education for District 205 met and approved several bid packages Monday night for the renovation work at Galesburg High School, which will be the district’s 7-12 learning center.
The largest package was for Phase Three construction, the interior building of the Performance Arts Center, which is over budget by about $600,000.
Lee Marbach with Russell Construction says that volatility in the structural steel and wood market is the reason for the unexpected increase in costs. Additionally, he said the current state of the economy plays a factor in it too.
“The other thing that’s affected our bids is the economy is starting to come back and contractors are filling up work-wise. So, we’re not getting as competitive numbers as we did,” Marbach told board members. “Overall, we are over budget on this phase of our estimate but on the overall ‘grand scheme of things’ we are underneath the overall projected project budget.”
March 11, 2021
School Board members for District 205 on Monday approved the bid documents for the third phase of the high school renovation work.
The third phase of the renovation includes the high school auditorium redesign as well as the new addition of the band and choral space.
“So everything from the back wall of the auditorium, which you presented earlier, to the west is being bid in Phase Three,” said Brian Archibald with Legat Architects at the meeting. “In addition to that, you’re bidding the corridor connection and the band and choir addition in the front of the building.”
Lee Marbach with Russell Construction told the board that they were targeting a winter completion time, meaning space could be available to students by the start of the spring semester.