Bid for interior work approved at LP – LaSalle News Tribune

A $3 million bid package was awarded Wednesday for interior work in the ongoing $38 million renovation of La Salle-Peru Township High School.

The L-P board approved the contract for Phase 2 interior renovations. The bid package includes carpentry, $1,151,000, Vissering Construction Co., Streator; heating, ventilation and air conditioning, $799,800, A&R Mechanical Contractors Inc., Urbana; electrical, $774,643, JB Contracting Corp., La Salle; demolition, $130,225, Johler Demolition Inc., Lincolnshire; flooring, $129,934, TSI Commercial Floor Covering, Champaign; and painting, $68,929, Oosterbaan & Sons Co., Posen.

The board also approved change orders, $4,000, $48,000 and $3,500 for asbestos abatement; $35,000 for roof replacement; and a $3,500 credit for lockers.

Board member Alan Cherpeske asked if many local companies are bidding.

Were not getting a great showing from local companies. Were getting a lot of thank-yous but no thank yous, said Josh Warriner, senior project manager for Pepper Construction, Barrington, the projects construction manager.

Summertime bidding is competing against companies hectic work schedule, Warriner said. Much of the labor, however, is local, he said.

Work has begun on asbestos abatement and tuck-pointing. This summer includes window and roof replacement and interior renovation. Mobile classrooms are in the East Gym parking lot to handle classes displaced by interior renovation. The project also includes upgrading heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and mechanical systems. The $38 million project is expected to be completed in fall 2018.

Voters approved the renovation in a November referendum, 6,620 to 6,426, or 51 percent to 49 percent.

Jeff Dankert can be reached at (815) 220-6977 or lasallereporter@newstrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @NT_LaSalle.

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