South Range board awards building pacts

NORTH LIMA — The South Range school board awarded contracts for construction of the district’s K-12 building complex.

Superintendent Dennis Dunham said Tuesday the “lowest and most responsible” bids were chosen.

Jack Gibson Construction Co. of Warren received the contract for construction after bidding $12.8 million. Joe Dickey Electric of North Lima will do electrical work for $2.2 million, and plumbing will be completed by Antenucci Inc. of Warren which bid $1.7 million.

The pacts include many additional building enhancements that will be funded due to unanticipated cost savings.

Geothermal well drilling on the site is complete, and Dunham said 90 percent of ground work is done.

The 200,000-square-foot project will sit on 60 acres along state Route 46 and Green Beaver Road in Beaver Township.

The complex will have three separate areas for the elementary, middle and high schools.

The local share of the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission project of $18.4 million comes from a bond approved by voters in 2007. The state’s share is nearly $20 million. The project is expected to be complete in August 2010.