Proposed Utilization
Exceeds Established Goals for Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and Minority/Women
Business Enterprise (M/WBE).
Construction will soon begin on the building replacement and renovations project at Comstock Elementary School after the Miami-Dade County School Board approved the construction award for the General Obligation Bond (GOB) project, valued at $13.9 million, during its regular monthly meeting. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has been expediting construction projects while schools have been closed, due to COVID-19, following all CDC guidelines and prioritizing health and safety.
T & G
Constructors (T & G) was commissioned as the Construction Management entity
to deliver the new three-story, 38,000 square-foot building
addition and renovations of the existing site located at 2420 N.W. 18th
Avenue in Miami. The addition will include 27 classrooms
along with art and music suites, a media center, and administration offices.
Comstock Elementary was built in 1925,
with additions subsequently constructed, and currently comprised of eight
permanent buildings situated on approximately 7.8 acres of land. Among the renovations to the existing site are the
following: new building addition, demolition of Building 5, new covered
walkways throughout the property, new parking spaces and a new generator.
The $13.9
million project is scheduled to be completed by August 2021 and will have 625
permanent student stations, upon completion of this phase.
T & G will
use a total sub-Contractor Small/Micro Business Enterprise (S/MBE) participation
of 15% for construction management and 20.51% for construction. They will use a
total participation of 24.13% M/WBE, African-American Subcontractors.
All design and
construction shall be in compliance with State Requirements for Educational
Facilities, the Florida Building Code, National Fire Protection Association,
Florida Fire Prevention Code (Life Safety Code), barrier-free design
guidelines, Florida Statutes and M-DCPS Design Standards and District policies.
In 2012, voters
overwhelmingly approved the GOB to renovate, remodel and replace schools,
expand student capacity, enhance safety and provide technology upgrades. To see
the current projects, visit Capital Improvements at @MDCPSCapital on Twitter or
use #GOBProgress.
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TOP CAPTION: Rendering of Comstock Elementary’ s new building addition by architect firm Laura M Perez & Associates.
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