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.
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Ely school building project will soon be going out for bids Posted
Keith Vandervort
ELY – Following a final study session review of the schematic designs for the Ely school facility renovation project on Monday, Dec. 21, the school board held a special meeting to take a major step in moving the $20 million project forward.
By unanimous approval, the building project moved to the design development phase where the architect and project general contractor will develop working plans and cost estimates. That will allow the district to solicit bids from construction firms and sign contracts to finally put shovels in the ground this spring.