Board of Education awards more than $11.5 million in contracts

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Board of Education awards more than $11.5 million in contracts

By DANIELLE CAMILLI

Burlington County Times

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-04062006-637436.html

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EVESHAM — The township Board of Education has awarded more than

$11.5 million in contracts for work to alleviate mold and complete

upgrades and renovations at district schools.

The contracts were awarded during a special meeting of the board

Tuesday night. The work includes the remediation of a mold problem

at the Frances S. DeMasi and the L. Rice schools and safety

upgrades at DeMasi and Marlton Middle schools.

Crews are scheduled to begin the projects this summer, officials

said.

The board awarded a $3.71 million contract to D' Construction

Co. Inc. of Evesham for the renovations and alterations at DeMasi on

Evesboro-Medford Road and Rice on Crown Royal Parkway. This work

includes roof replacement and new heating, venting, and air-

conditioning (HVAC) systems.

Falasca Mechanical Contractor Inc. of Vineland, Cumberland County,

was awarded the $6.32 million contract for HVAC work needed to

complete the project, according to a district press release.

Structural steel will be supplied by Southern New Jersey Steel

Company of Vineland for $288,882. The board also awarded a $199,800

contract for plumbing and drainage work to C.J. Schmidt & Sons Inc.

of Pennsauken, Camden County.

Electri-Tech Inc. of Weymouth Township in Atlantic County won the

contract to supply and install fire detection and closed-circuit

television system at the Marlton Middle School on Tomlinson Mill

Road. The firm was awarded a contract worth $290,800.

Electri-Tech also was awarded the electrical work contract for

$748,800.

District officials said the awarding of bids is a necessary first

step for the extensive reconstruction projects that will begin this

summer.

Voters approved the project last September. The state School

Construction Corp. has pledged $6.06 million to the project. With

the state aid, the local share, or the amount to be raised by

taxation, is $9.4 million.

Mold was found at both schools in 2003. Work on Rice and Marlton

Middle schools will be started and completed by the start of the

2006-07 school year. The DeMasi project, the most extensive of all

the work, will not be finished until next summer.

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