Caitlin Chambers, an architect with Wold Architects, told the Annandale Public School District board that two separate facility projects are active: mechanical/dehumidification improvements at the high school (including a dust-collection system) and a resurfacing project for the high school track.

"That project is officially on the streets for contractors to start looking at, and a formal bid date has been set for November 11," Chambers said of the mechanical work, noting the public bid opening will be at the district office at 2 p.m.

On the track project, Chambers said site observations identified locations where the contractor had milled the asphalt surface "too far to be structurally stable." The district sent a suspected nonconforming-work letter and engaged Braun Intertech for third-party testing. "Braun Intertech came into that testing and identified that it would still meet all of the requirements of the design and that the patching material that was proposed by the contractor was an acceptable option," she said. The contractor performed the patching last week and crews were on site to level the repaired areas.

Chambers said the final surfacing requires several consecutive days with temperatures at or above 50'F; if such windows do not occur this fall, the board and design team discussed striping and surfacing in the spring. She estimated surfacing would take roughly two days and striping about a day and a half, and said remaining subcontractor work includes concrete crews finishing field-event areas such as long- and triple-jump pits. Chamber noted the pits' timber/railroad-tie edges are being replaced with concrete curbing for longer-term durability.

Board members pressed on-site oversight and schedule; Chambers said design and civil engineers are conducting daily site observations during the current critical construction phase. She also attributed some schedule delay to an unseasonably wet summer that required bringing in additional soil fill after grading.

The board did not take a vote on the facilities items during the meeting; the update provided timing and technical information for upcoming contractor and district decisions.