District staff updated the board on construction progress for the Davidson High School rebuild, reporting foundation work near completion, a forthcoming steel delivery and boiler installation in the yellow building, and preliminary budget numbers that "look good."
The progress matters because it signals whether the multi-phase rebuild will remain on schedule and within the districts financial projections ahead of the coming school year.
Mr. Harris, speaking for the administration, said he had met with contractor JE Dunn and reported that crews poured the last of the foundations the day of the meeting and expected most foundations to be complete by the end of next week. "We plan on having steel delivery for the steel structure delivered starting the fourteenth, and by the sixteenth, you'll see columns being erected," Mr. Harris said.
Mr. Harris also reported that boilers in the yellow building were installed and that staff felt "very comfortable" they would be operational before school starts, although he noted the difficulty of firing boilers in warm weather to test them. He told the board the districts preliminary budget numbers show the project is tracking close to the original cost projections.
Board members were invited to view the site and staff said they were "very forward thinking" in coordinating with JE Dunn on upcoming activities and scheduling to avoid disruptions to school-year activities such as junior prom.
The board did not take a construction-related action at the meeting; the item was informational.