Update: Construction Continues at BHS
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Construction continues into the late Fall and Winter at
Beachwood High School, as the $36 million improvement project remains on
schedule.
During this past Summer and early Fall, work was completed
on the installation of underground pipes for water, electric, gas, and sewer,
as well as the concrete foundation.
A temporary hallway was recently enclosed and completed to
provide temporary and safe access to the building’s 100-200 wing. While only
temporary, this hallway meets all of the city’s building code requirements with
respect to appropriate hallway width, lighting, windows and emergency doors.
Work continues on the new classroom wing, music suite
addition to the auditorium, physical education addition to the south gymnasium,
and two new classrooms to be constructed between the gym and 500-hallway. A great deal of masonry work has been completed on these additions, and work will continue this
winter on the masonry and steel rising throughout the complex.
Crews have demolished the downstairs classrooms and are
currently working on the boiler and mechanical systems that will occupy this
same space that previously housed BHS’s music and industrial arts classes.
Installation of piping and equipment for these mechanical systems will continue
through the winter months. The school’s new heating, cooling and electrical
systems will be operational by the start of the 2012-2013 school year.
With the new classroom wing, music and physical education
wings scheduled to be completed in time for the 2012-2013 school year,
renovations will begin on existing classrooms next school year, as well as the
conversion of the north gymnasium to a new media center, computer lab,
multipurpose room and the school’s main office.
Final renovations to the central commons area and dining
hall and other final work are scheduled during the summer of 2013. While many
of the additions and renovations will be completed sooner, the BHS project is
scheduled to be completed in its entirety by the start of the 2013-2014 school
year.
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