A new Lynnwood High School is one step closer to being built.
The Edmonds School Board approved a $68.4 million contract with Cornerstone General Contractors Inc. of Redmond at the May 8 board meeting.
“We are hoping to begin construction the end of May, early part of June, so it depends on how quickly the administrative paperwork can be handled,” said Debra Born, project manager for the district.
District officials are happy with both bids, she said, with bids coming in at the level expected, neither more nor less. “We’re looking forward to starting a new phase (of the project),” Born said.
The full cost of the project is still expected to be about $90 million. About two-thirds of that cost is for construction.
Logging has wrapped up at the 40-acre site near Floral Hills Cemetery on the east side of I-5, one mile east of the existing Lynnwood High School.
The school, designed for 1,600 students, is scheduled to open in fall 2009, with substantial completion on the building in May 2009.
The campus will include one large two-story building with steel framing and a combination of siding that includes masonry and metal panels.
Some of the timber felled at the site will be used for benches, trim and interior paneling in the school. The contract with Sierra Pacific Industries of Mount Vernon will also provide about $425,000 toward construction costs from selling most of the timber.
The project is the centerpiece of a $140 million bond measure approved by voters in February 2006.
The high school project has been awarded $500,000 from the state because of its environmentally friendly design.
The state awards construction money to projects on a competitive basis. Winners must be built to last, energy efficient and make wise use of resources.
The new school will have more teacher control of individual classrooms, including operable windows and ceiling fans to move air around. Special attention is being paid to natural air flow and acoustics, Peters said.
Cornerstone has worked on school projects before, including expansion projects at Bellevue’s Interlake and Newport high schools.
The $46.5 million Newport project included demolishing eight of 12 buildings and replacing them with a new 145,000-square-foot three-story classroom, library and administrative wing building.
Eric Stevick writes for the Herald in Everett. Sarah Koenig is an Enterprise reporter.
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