May board update: Guaranteed Maximum Price for the new CTE Center

In the update presented to the school board on May 20, Trustees learned the Career & Technical Education (CTE) high school is on track for groundbreaking next month. The project’s Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) has come in at $86,591,081 (and was approved in Item 8B).

The new middle school in west Odessa has seen steel work begin and blockwork around the gym started. Foundation, electrical and plumbing work are ongoing.

The final bid date for the Transition Learning Center will be May 21 with a recommendation to be presented to the school board in June.

The Permian High School auditorium project is nearing the end of the design development phase and GMP should be going to the board in June.

A contract of a little more than $1.3 million is being brought to the board for the PHS JROTC facility. No on-site activity has begun.

The Ag Farm design is being finalized, procurement will take place during the summer, and no on-site work has begun.

In the technology update, cabling is complete at the majority of elementary campuses and is beginning at Odessa High School (it should take 4-6 weeks). This is for the new PA/Bells/Alarms/Clocks projects. Installation of new surveillance cameras is finished at all high schools and middle schools and is now beginning at elementary schools.

Our Fine Arts Department has now ordered 1,103 instruments at a cost of about $1.9 million. Of those, 359 are for elementary classrooms. As of now, 987 instruments have been delivered.

In the financial update, approximately $31.4 million (7%) of bond funds have been spent and another $121.3 million (29%) is encumbered for specific projects.   

 Following the update, Trustees voted 6-0 to approve purchases over $50,000 related to the bond. The single item on this month’s agenda is the $86,591,081 to Teinert construction, the construction manager at-risk, for the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) of the new CTE high school.