Dr. James Hudson, chair of the Board of Education's advisory committee on facilities, cautioned that the time required for State approval is a variable, injecting uncertainty into the schedule. He said that the architects would also present the plans and an updated budget estimate to the full Board of Education prior to submission to the State.
At the January facilities committee meeting Russ Davidson and the design team from KG&D presented the completed drawings. The next phase entails construction specifications and new estimates of the cost of the project based on the more complete drawings. The architects hope to submit the drawings to the NY State Education Department in April. The project schedule allows a seven-month period for review, revision, and approval of the drawings.
Parallel to this work, the District has enlisted the services of a consultant to investigate the feasibility of using a project labor agreement as a way of managing construction.that report is expected in the next few weeks and will be reviewed at the next committee meeting.
