Building Update

Another hurdle was cleared. If you had been in attendance at the Design and Review meeting Thursday night, it may have looked as if we quite easily cleared this latest and certainly not last hurdle in this first Bios building project. But the observation of ease was made possible by the hours of meetings and work provided by the Board, architects, the general contractor, and the town of Gilbert. Amy Temes with the town of Gilbert along with her boss, Greg Tilque, were instrumental in their support and comments providing helpful assistance to us arriving at the beautiful campus plans which now go into the construction drawing phase.

Sometime in the next two weeks the construction drawings are submitted to the Town for review. These include the framing, roofing, air conditioning, electrical, and plumbing plans. Within four weeks the Town will return the submitted drawings with pretty red lines The architects will either have to erase  the lines or preferably make the needed corrections so the Town will not continue to return the drawings with more pretty red lines. Then construction begins.

In the meantime, over Christmas break, the three primary classrooms will have new restrooms installed. The Middle Academy receives remodeled restrooms with access from the inside of the building. The first of three refrigerated drinking fountains to be placed around campus will be installed in the Middle Academy. It will be a double drinking fountain with a place to fill student water bottles. The best part of the restroom remodeling being begun and completed over Christmas is that the need for porta-potties has been eliminated.