MONROE - Construction signs around schools in Monroe this summer could be widespread as the Monroe school district looks to finish referendum projects.
The Monroe Finance Committee received two bid proposals for pre-design, design development and construction administrative services for four projects Monday. The projects expected to undergo an overhaul include Parkside Elementary School driveway asphalt and retaining wall work, Monroe Middle School playground resurfacing, work on a leaking and weathered clock tower at the middle school and installation of a section of new roof at the middle school next to the clock tower.
Building Envelope Professionals Group Inc. LLC bid $31,750 for completing the pre-design, design development and construction services for all four projects. INSPEC had a bid of $38,200 for the pre-design and design development of the engineering specs.
The discussion during the finance meeting did not include any actions; the school board has not formally agreed to complete all of the projects. The construction projects were targeted for funding when voters approved a $1.5 million referendum for three years in 2016 to maintain programming and services and $460,000 per year for three years for safety and maintenance projects.
Monroe District Administrator Rick Waski said he wanted the board to see the bids so they could discuss the construction project needs at schools in addition to a facility study the district is in the middle of completing.
"We will be talking about the scope of work we decide to do in December and the spring," Waski said. "We basically have next summer to get everything done."
The district would then have to request detailed bids for each project. The projects would cost more than $200,000, according to a rough estimate from INSPEC.
"We are not going to put dollars into something and two years down the road find out that it affects something and then have to throw it out later," said Ron Olson, Monroe business administrator. "We are laying the groundwork for what will come back in December. We will have a better idea if we are doing all of them (projects)."
Rich Zentner, the district's director of building and grounds, recommended the district hire Building Envelope Professionals Group for the work.
He said the difference in bid price for the design development and engineering work from the two companies was based on Building Envelope Professionals Group having fewer bid packages that need to be made for the entire scope of work.
Zentner said INSPEC is recommending the district not complete work on the clock tower and instead return it back to an architectural phase. INSPEC may also have additional charges for pre-design and design work based on storm water management, he said.
After the board approves what projects they will complete in December, Olson said the requests for bids could be out in February or March.
The Monroe Finance Committee received two bid proposals for pre-design, design development and construction administrative services for four projects Monday. The projects expected to undergo an overhaul include Parkside Elementary School driveway asphalt and retaining wall work, Monroe Middle School playground resurfacing, work on a leaking and weathered clock tower at the middle school and installation of a section of new roof at the middle school next to the clock tower.
Building Envelope Professionals Group Inc. LLC bid $31,750 for completing the pre-design, design development and construction services for all four projects. INSPEC had a bid of $38,200 for the pre-design and design development of the engineering specs.
The discussion during the finance meeting did not include any actions; the school board has not formally agreed to complete all of the projects. The construction projects were targeted for funding when voters approved a $1.5 million referendum for three years in 2016 to maintain programming and services and $460,000 per year for three years for safety and maintenance projects.
Monroe District Administrator Rick Waski said he wanted the board to see the bids so they could discuss the construction project needs at schools in addition to a facility study the district is in the middle of completing.
"We will be talking about the scope of work we decide to do in December and the spring," Waski said. "We basically have next summer to get everything done."
The district would then have to request detailed bids for each project. The projects would cost more than $200,000, according to a rough estimate from INSPEC.
"We are not going to put dollars into something and two years down the road find out that it affects something and then have to throw it out later," said Ron Olson, Monroe business administrator. "We are laying the groundwork for what will come back in December. We will have a better idea if we are doing all of them (projects)."
Rich Zentner, the district's director of building and grounds, recommended the district hire Building Envelope Professionals Group for the work.
He said the difference in bid price for the design development and engineering work from the two companies was based on Building Envelope Professionals Group having fewer bid packages that need to be made for the entire scope of work.
Zentner said INSPEC is recommending the district not complete work on the clock tower and instead return it back to an architectural phase. INSPEC may also have additional charges for pre-design and design work based on storm water management, he said.
After the board approves what projects they will complete in December, Olson said the requests for bids could be out in February or March.