COLUMBIANA 鈥� The Thompson High School classroom addition project will be completed by a new construction company. At a special called meeting March 26, the Shelby County Board of Education approved a 鈥渢akeover agreement鈥� that will allow Blalock Construction Co. of Birmingham to finish the project.
ALMA 鈥� By accepting the low bid, the Alma School District will save more than $800,000 in interest costs for $11.87 million in re-financed 2003 construction bonds, Assistant Superintendent David Woolly said Thursday.
Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Construction is under way at the Steam Pump Village shopping center for a BASIS Charter School. BASIS schools have branches in Tucson and Scottsdale and officials want to open the campus by August, in time for the next school term.
The Shelby County Board of Education this morning approved a plan that allows Blalock Construction Co. of Birmingham to take over a classroom addition and renovation project at Thompson High School in Alabaster. The board took the action in a…
The Council Rock School District will save $1 million by refinancing three construction bonds from 1998 and 2003 totaling $21.9 million.
James McHugh Construction Co. has completed a $64 million renovation and expansion of Riverside Brookfield High School, McHugh officials announced, even adding eight classrooms to the project while keeping to the original construction budget.
The Board of Supervisors last night voted to support a Capital Improvement Program for the school system that includes the potential conversion of Belmont Ridge Middle School into a high school, a notion that gave some board members concerns, but many noted that the plan had time to be fully-vetted before a final decision is made to implement the project.
Projects affected in Birmingham, Alabaster
A local businessman is looking to build three homes at the former Third Ward School site at the head of Mechanic Street. Three equivalent dwelling units, or EDUs, were approved for construction at the site by the Bradford Sanitary Authority at its regular meeting.
COLUMBIA 鈥� Leaders in Columbia Public Schools say it’s the best time to build schools, but budget cuts in the past year have some community members concerned about how these buildings will be funded later. The Columbia School Board voted unanimously to put the $120 million school bond issue on the April 6 ballot, which proposes a $138 million plan for new construction, renovations and technology …
