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Wolgast Corp. Project Manager Luke Gerhart addresses the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education during a special board meeting on Wednesday.
ALPENA The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education during a special board meeting on Wednesday agreed to pay MacArthur Construction $442,200 to complete site work at Ella White Elementary School this summer.
“This would include all the excavation backfill, compaction of all the soils for the building addition for the new parking lots, sidewalks, playground areas, and all of that type of work,” Wolgast Corp. Project Manager Luke Gerhart said.
The site work is part of the district’s planned renovations for the elementary school this summer, which include a new roof, a secure entryway and office area, and new boilers and associated plumbing upgrades.
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Jerry Unwin, maintenance worker at Pied Piper School in Alpena, on Friday explains damage caused to the school’s building by a buildup of roof ice over the winter. Much of the ice has melted in recent days, Unwin said.
ALPENA–Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District officials during a facility committee meeting on Thursday expressed frustration over leaks in their newly installed roof at Pied Piper School.
The AMA ESD spent a little over $94,200 from its special education fund balance for its leaky roof to be replaced as part of facility upgrades to the school. While the previous leak appears to be fixed, educational service district officials suspect the new leak stems from the old problem.
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Luke Gerhart, project manager at Wolgast Corp., looks at plans for Alpena Public Schools’ upcoming bond projects.
ALPENA Renovations at Besser, Lincoln, and Wilson elementary schools are scheduled to begin in June.
The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education on Monday awarded a little over $1.3 million in contracts so renovations at the schools can begin, part of a $33.9 million bond proposal passed by voters in March.
Luke Gerhart, project manager at Wolgast Corp., told the board contractors will prepare for the work “almost immediately,” getting the preliminary work completed before construction begins in June.