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Bluebag Media
K-8 work will
continue “inside” when winter hits
GREENVILLE – The K-8 building continues to “track” on schedule, said
Greenville City Schools Superintendent Doug Fries. That means work
should be done, as expected, by Nov. 16, 2016.
On the south end (grades 5-8, closest to East Main Street) crews are
putting steel in so they can pour concrete. Once that is finished,
they’ll block the walls and then put on the roof. On the north end,
masons continue to lay block for the base. The middle, which includes
the “high” gyms, the common areas, the mechanical area and the kitchen,
is currently being “dried”…
Drying seals the work areas so rain, snow and ice won’t come in. This,
in turn, allows crews to work inside when winter hits.
“Our goal is to dry as much as possible,” Fries said. “We want to have
the whole middle and south end dried so we can work regardless of the
weather.”
Much of the site work has been completed. The sports fields on the
north end have been graded, and the entrances to the school (there will
be three) have been graveled. The building has 150 geothermal wells to
relieve utilities expenses...
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