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Changing high school sites would save : News : Oswego Ledger-Sentinel : Hometown Newspaper for Oswego and Montgomery, IllinoisChanging high school sites would save
| Alternate site would net a savings of $1.3M, committee told
| by Lyle R. Rolfe
| 2/11/2010
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Changing the location of a proposed third Oswego School District high school could cut the total building cost by $1.3 million, according to Doug Gallois, executive director of construction services.
Gallois told school board members in a Growth Committee meeting Monday night that the proposed total cost could be reduced to $100,616,000 to build on an alternate site in place of the estimated $101,914,000 cost to build on a site already purchased on Ill. Route 126 south of Oswego.
The location of the alternate site under consideration has not been made public.
The present 121.5-acre parcel, purchased in 2008 is on the south side of Route 126 between Schlapp and Grove roads in unincorporated NaAuSay Township.
Officials said last month that they are continuing to look at other possible sites because the present one does not have access to needed utilities
According to Gallois' figures, the cost to build a 435,845 square-foot building would be $67,225,000 for either location with a per square-foot cost of $154.24.
But the main differences would be for utilities. The Route 126 site has a problem the district has not had to deal with before. It is several miles from the nearest water and sanitary sewer lines and gas and electric utilities are not close to the site.
Gallois said the cost to provide septic on the site would be $509,000, compared to $37,000 for connecting to site sanitary sewers at the alternate site.
Digging wells for water at Route 126 would be $500,000 compared to $21,000 for connecting to existing water lines at the alternate location.
Bringing gas to the Route 126 site would cost an estimated $855,000 compared to $523,000 for the alternate site and extending electric would be $83,000 for the alternate site compared to $$264,000 for Route 126.
One difference in costs for the alternate site is $416,000 for off-site roadway work, Gallois said. This would not be needed for the present site.
With all the above changes, the total site cost would be $10,491,000 for the alternate site compared to $11,539,000 for Route 126, he said.
All other expenses would be the same for either site: grading, $2,400,000; athletic fields $3,000.000; student and staff parking lots, $1,577,000; entryways and bus parking $1,257,000; concrete walks $957,000; and outdoor building structures $220,000.
Other costs which would be identical are $6,000,000 for a swimming pool; $175,000 for reprographics, $8,000,000 for furniture and equipment; $2,000,000 for technology; $1,125,000 for construction manager costs; $4,600,000 for architect fees; and $1,250,000 for other professionals services.
Carpeting is included in the construction costs, he said.
Gallois gave the committee three alternates for student capacity.
At the proposed 435,845 square-foot size, they would have 110 instructional areas which would include 100 classrooms and 10 physical education spaces plus the pool. The student capacity would be 2,400.
A second alternate would be to build a 480,000 square-foot school which would have a 3,000 student capacity, with 135 instructional spaces plus a pool. The space would include 120 classrooms and 15 physical education spaces,
A third alternative would be to build for 2,400 students with auxiliary spaces that could be converted into 25 classrooms increasing the building capacity to 3,000 students, he said.
No costs estimates were provided for the alternates.
He said the maximum capacity of the present two high schools is 4,800, and noted that conservative projections are that they will have 5,000-5,400 high school students by 2014-15.
Seek bids next February?
Gallois said he would work on the plans and construction documents from April through December this year and so the district could seek contractor bids in February of 2011.
Bonds would be sold in April 2011 from the $450 million referendum approved by voters in November 2006, with construction to begin immediately after the bonds are sold.
Gallois is predicting a completion date of April 2014 so the school could open in August 2014 for the 2014-15 school year. The plans are to open with freshman, sophomore and junior classes and add a fourth class the following year.
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