September update gives look at upcoming campus projects

The monthly update to the school board began with the ATLAS Career and Technical Education Center, which continues to progress. The structural steel installation is complete and electrical, HVAC, and roofing are ongoing.

Vasquez Middle School is open; however, landscaping continues and work on the auditorium is ongoing.

The pre-engineered metal building for the Transition Learning Center is complete, the metal stud framing is in progress, and the exterior waterproof panel installation is almost complete.

The Permian High School JROTC Center is in the final stages with the six-lane pellet catcher (firing range) and furniture expected to be delivered this week. A water meter installation and inspection will follow.

At the Ag Farm, roof installations and straps are now complete, walls are coming up in the barn, and duct hangars are being installed.

The demolition of five structures at the Transportation Center is done. Additional site renovations are beginning.

Roofing package 1 is being closed out.

Fall and winter renovation packages include complete roofing renovations at Cameron Elementary, Noel Elementary, and San Jacinto Elementary; plumbing renovations at Hays Elementary, Jordan Elementary, and Pease Elementary; and roof top unit (HVACs) replacements at the Alternative Center, Austin Montessori, Bonham MS, Crockett MS, Goliad Elementary, and Gonzales Elementary.

Looking at finances, a little more than $200 million has now been spent on Bond 2023 projects with another $125.8 million already encumbered for specific project costs. Twenty-three percent, approximately $98 million, remains available.

Following the update, Trustees voted 7-0 to approve a revised estimated cost for the Carver Early Education Center job order for Priority 1 and Priority 2 construction.