Improvement projects planned at Davis, Deer Run

By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community News ThisWeek Community News Wednesday March 12, 2014 9:54 AM

Improvements to two Dublin City Schools will begin before the school year is through, but construction isn't expected to interrupt classes.

The Dublin Board of Education this week approved contracts for work at Davis Middle School and Deer Run Elementary School and both projects are expected to start around spring break.

The contact for work at Davis Middle School came in under the budgeted $680,000 at $625,875, said Annette Morud, the district's business affairs director.

The commons area at Davis will be expanded to deal with overcrowding at lunch time and when the area is used for meetings.

"They'll get started around spring break," Morud said. "Most of it is outside so it can go on while school is in session."

An $877,000 contract with H&A Mechanical for the replacement of the HVAC system at Deer Run Elementary was $877,000 awarded March 10.

"That will start prior to school getting out," Morud said. "It's a pretty tight schedule to get that work done at Deer Run."

Work will be done at night so classes are not interrupted, Morud said. It should be completed by the start of the next school year.

Both projects are funded by the $15.87-million bond issue approved by voters in 2012.

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Improvement projects planned at Davis, Deer Run