The Christian County School Board approved contracts in relation to the consolidated high school construction project at Thursday’s meeting.
The first contract was to hire Alliance Corporation out of Glasgow, Kentucky to serve the district as construction managers throughout the consolidation construction project. Executive Vice President Tim Geegan says that includes pre-construction items, such as a redesign of the project to hopefully get it into the range of the desired budget.
He and board attorney Jack Lackey say Alliance will not receive compensation for their services until they bring back a feasible project plan that is accepted by the board.
The contract does put the possible completion date of the project in 2026—Geegan says he expects roughly six months of redesign, with the goal of starting construction in April. He says they have been in discussion with Hafer Architects and those meetings have been positive and productive.
A new contract with Hafer was approved at the meeting, which reflects the change to a construction manager and clarifies the monetary agreement between the district and the architects. Attorney Lackey says it determines that the architect receives a compensation percentage of the original agreed upon budget.
Both contracts were approved unanimously—the original bids for construction of the consolidated high school came in significantly higher than projected, with the board rejecting those bids.