|
M-DCPS HOSTS BOND PROJECT KICK-OFF EVENT AT WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho, School Board Vice Chair Dr. Lawrence S. Feldman, and community leaders gathered at West Homestead K-8 Center today for a bond project kick-off event resulting from the overwhelming voter approval of the $1.2 billion General Obligation Bond. The GOB will be used to modernize and construct school buildings throughout the district, expand student capacity, enhance facility safety, and provide technology upgrades at all schools. The West Homestead K-8 Center renovation project will include select building demolition, new construction of additional general purpose and science classrooms to achieve the school’s full conversion to a K-8 center, accommodating approximately 270 middle school students. The project also includes art and dining patios, P.E. spaces, playgrounds, remodeling of the existing remaining buildings to include HVAC system improvements, classroom remodeling, covered walkways, and parking and site improvements. The GOB program provides a total project allocation of $9,500,556 and the City of Homestead CRA has pledged an additional $775,000 to the project, for a total allocation of $10,275,556. Rodriguez Architects, Inc. is the project architect. The architect is both M/WBE and SBE/MBE certified, and has committed to a SBE/MBE sub-consultant participation goal of 35 percent, in excess of the mandatory 25 percent participation goal. At its February 11, 2015 meeting, the School Board is scheduled to commission MCM as the project contractor in order to provide pre-construction services. The contractor has committed to SBE/MBE sub-consultant participation goals of 10 percent during pre-construction, 25 percent during construction, and 20 percent during construction management activities. MCM has also committed to a Local Workforce Utilization Goal of 30 percent from a 10-mile radius, and will be working closely with the City of Homestead’s CRA and the District’s Office of Economic Opportunity to accomplish that goal. Design is scheduled to be completed in the fall of this year with a projected construction award of early 2016 and a project completion date of December 2017.
Center left to right – School Board Vice Chair Dr. Lawrence S. Feldman and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho join staff and students today at West Homestead K-8 Center for a bond project kick-off event. # # # 15-DGD/197/DF
|
