Unity School building progress being made

UNITY Four years after the initial town approval and funding of the project, the Unity Elementary School building is on target to be open Sept. 2.

Were making strong progress on all fronts, said Ronald Bauer, executive vice president of Lebanon-based Trumbull-Nelson.

Trumbull-Nelson, Banwell Architect and Gordon Bristol, owners representative, were charged with getting the long-delayed project back on track earlier this year after the initial project manager and architect was let go by the school district.

Bauer met with school Principal Chip Baldwin, Unity School board members, the town code enforcement officer, a state Fire Marshals Office official and project architects at the project site Tuesday afternoon for the projects weekly meeting.

Several construction issues have been resolved, he said.

Possibly flammable foam installation used on the siding of the windows that the Fire Marshals Office would not allow has been cut out and replaced with fire retardant lumber, Bauer said.

That was a piece of the job that was very labor intensive, he said.

Additionally, the state Department of Education has tentatively approved the buildings floor plans, he said.

Some of the classrooms were too small, so some walls were knocked down and moved, Bauer said.

He has been pleasantly surprised by how little damage was caused by freezing temperatures in the building this winter, Bauer said.

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Unity School building progress being made