Post by wvhsparent on Apr 24, 2006 6:45:00 GMT -6
School plans unveiled tonight
By Sara Hooker
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Monday, April 24, 2006
Indian Prairie officials plan to unveil floor and site plans for their third high school tonight and shore up their contract with a construction manager.
Voters in portions of Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook and Plainfield approved a $124.7 million tax increase for the high school last month and officials continue to move forward with plans to open it in 2009.
The two-story, 452,000-square-foot structure shaped like an “X” will sit on the north end of the 80-acre Brach-Brodie property off Route 59 near 75th Street and Commons Drive, Superintendent Howard Crouse said.
Its entrance will face northwest with the auditorium on the north end of the building and the gymnasium and athletic facilities to the south, Crouse said. Athletic facilities, parking and water detention will sit south, or behind, the building.
The floor plan will show the layout of the building while the site plan will show where the playing fields, parking lots and other amenities will be located on the property.
”We don’t have any exterior views at all. I suspect those will be more toward the end of June,” Crouse said. “From what we’ve seen so far, it looks like it works pretty well.”
The board also is expected to approve a $4.9 million contract with Turner Construction to oversee the project — including $1.6 million for the construction fee and another $3.3 million to fund three years of work.
“We think it’s very comparable of the cost, had we gone the traditional route (of a general contractor),” Assistant Superintendent of Business Dave Holm said.
It’s the first time the fast-growing district has used a construction manager in any of its more than 30 buildings constructed since 1975.
A manager oversees each of the projects, which are bid out separately.
That’s appealing, Holm said, because it gives the district a little more control versus a general contractor, who handles the bidding and ultimately gets to decide which companies will complete various projects.
A construction manager is responsible for keeping track of the project budget and keeping the project on time, he said.
“We’ll have three parties who are all in it together to make sure the high school turns out well: the construction manger, the architect and the school district,” he said. “(It) can result in savings or a better building that is easier for us to maintain in to the future.”
The board meets at 7:30 p.m. today at the District Education Center, 780 Shoreline Drive, Aurora.
By Sara Hooker
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Monday, April 24, 2006
Indian Prairie officials plan to unveil floor and site plans for their third high school tonight and shore up their contract with a construction manager.
Voters in portions of Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook and Plainfield approved a $124.7 million tax increase for the high school last month and officials continue to move forward with plans to open it in 2009.
The two-story, 452,000-square-foot structure shaped like an “X” will sit on the north end of the 80-acre Brach-Brodie property off Route 59 near 75th Street and Commons Drive, Superintendent Howard Crouse said.
Its entrance will face northwest with the auditorium on the north end of the building and the gymnasium and athletic facilities to the south, Crouse said. Athletic facilities, parking and water detention will sit south, or behind, the building.
The floor plan will show the layout of the building while the site plan will show where the playing fields, parking lots and other amenities will be located on the property.
”We don’t have any exterior views at all. I suspect those will be more toward the end of June,” Crouse said. “From what we’ve seen so far, it looks like it works pretty well.”
The board also is expected to approve a $4.9 million contract with Turner Construction to oversee the project — including $1.6 million for the construction fee and another $3.3 million to fund three years of work.
“We think it’s very comparable of the cost, had we gone the traditional route (of a general contractor),” Assistant Superintendent of Business Dave Holm said.
It’s the first time the fast-growing district has used a construction manager in any of its more than 30 buildings constructed since 1975.
A manager oversees each of the projects, which are bid out separately.
That’s appealing, Holm said, because it gives the district a little more control versus a general contractor, who handles the bidding and ultimately gets to decide which companies will complete various projects.
A construction manager is responsible for keeping track of the project budget and keeping the project on time, he said.
“We’ll have three parties who are all in it together to make sure the high school turns out well: the construction manger, the architect and the school district,” he said. “(It) can result in savings or a better building that is easier for us to maintain in to the future.”
The board meets at 7:30 p.m. today at the District Education Center, 780 Shoreline Drive, Aurora.
