Pine-Richland board OKs upgrades at schools

Published: Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 9:00p.m.

Several capital projects in the Pine-Richland School District were given the green light by the school board last week.

The board approved Specified Systems of Canonsburg as the lowest bidder to complete the window replacement at Richland Elementary School for $118,400.

Gary Zang, the district's director of facilities management, said the full window replacement will be more energy-efficient than the building's original windows. The project will also cost less than originally anticipated.

We probably won't see these kind of prices again, but this time it really worked out well for us, he said.

A start date for the project at Richland Elementary has not yet been set.

The board also approved a proposal from The Hite Company of Pittsburgh to replace the metal halide lighting in the high school gymnasium, green gymnasium and weight room with T5HO fluorescent lighting.

It will cost $13,302 to replace the lighting, but the district will receive $2,236 in rebates from the utility company and an estimated $7,396 in annual energy savings, Zang said.

The board also approved Florida Consulting to develop bid specifications and advertise for district-wide roof repairs for a cost of $25,000.

A district-wide analysis completed by Florida Consulting last fall found that roof repairs costing an estimated $149,500 were necessary at Hance, Richland and Wexford Elementary Schools, the middle school and the high school.

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Pine-Richland board OKs upgrades at schools