Contracts approved for new Corpus Christi ISD middle schools
The Corpus Christi ISD Board of Trustees approved on-budget contractual agreements with construction companies for several new schools Monday evening.
The board approved a nearly $73 million contract for the new Hamlin Middle School and an about $72.5 million contract for a new southeast middle school with Fulton Construction.
The new Hamlin Middle School will be built alongside the current school, which was built in 1954. The new 156,000 square foot school have the capacity to serve 750 students. It will be completed in 2025-26.
The new 160,000 square foot southeast middle school, which has not yet been named, will have the capacity to serve 900 students. It will be completed in 2025-26.
"I want again to thank you for your negotiations in being able to arrive at the budgeted amount," Trustee Jaime Arredondo said to district construction project manager John Dibala at the meeting. "I think that deserves a lot of accolade in reference to being good stewards of our money and making sure our schools came within budget."
The board also approved Monday a guaranteed maximum price of nearly $12 million with construction manager-at-risk Weaver and Jacobs Constructors for an addition at Allen Elementary School.
The projects are included in a $220 million bond approved by voters last year. Also included are additional gymnasiums at Driscoll Middle School and Adkins Middle School, each priced at about $6.45 million.
The bond budgeted for total project costs of $88.1 million for Hamlin Middle School, $90.3 million for the new southeast middle school and $13 million for Allen Elementary School.
Another new school in the Southside, built on the same property as the new southeast middle school, is currently under construction. Construction for Creekside Elementary School, which will be 101,500 square feet with a capacity of 1,000 students, costs over $37 million.
The final construction cost for the newly completed Cullen Place Elementary School was $35.4 million.
Construction for the new Gibson Elementary School, built alongside the old campus, came in at nearly $26 million.
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