MVTHS awards three bids

MT. VERNON Mt. Vernon Township High School has awarded three construction bids for the new school project.

The three bids are in the work categories of earthwork, asphalt and ceramic tile. These are categories that will not undergo significant scope changes during the ongoing redesign of the new school.

For earthwork, a low bid of $1,466,850 from Moniger Excavating was awarded. In the asphalt category, the low bid of $1,067,990 from Rooters Asphalt was awarded. And finally, the low bid of $30,540 from TSI Commercial Floor Covering was awarded in the ceramic tile category.

Were excited that were able to award our first bids related to the project and indications that were making forward progress, said Superintendent Michael Smith.

The three bids were awarded at Tuesday nights meeting of the MVTHS Board of Education.

There are still about 22 more work categories that need to be bid out. The rebidding of these categories is now set to take place this summer, with construction of the new school to begin in mid-September.

Even though the three bids have been awarded, work will not commence on those categories until after new bids come in for the other categories, said Brian Baldwin, project manager for the McCarthy firm.

Were going to still wait until the bids come in so that we make sure that the project is still completely on budget, Baldwin said. I think we have a path moving forward and I think this is good progress.

In December, the initial construction bids for the 25 work categories came it at more than $6 million over-budget. This prompted the school district to approve major scope changes to the project to cut costs.

FGM Architects is now completing a redesign of the new school, which is set to be finished in early July. After that, the rebidding will take place.

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MVTHS awards three bids