The Wallingford Swarthmore School District currently has one major renovation and expansion project underway at Wallingford Elementary School, but the design team behind the project is already looking ahead to an overhaul of another district facility.
Architect Kevin Godshall, a partner in Godshall Kane Architects LLC, of Ambler, presented the Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board with his firm’s vision for the future of Nether Providence Elementary School at its July meeting.
The proposal calls for tearing down a 1939 wing at the Nether Providence Elementary School located on Moore Road, retaining sections that came later and constructing an addition at the rear. The addition would sit on part of the current parking lot, and would reduce the number of parking spots from 150 to 76.
A major goal of the project would be to upgrade classrooms to about 800 square feet to accommodate modern day educational standards, and would also entail keeping separate bus and parent drop-off areas, leaving the playing fields intact, adding a service road on the north side of the building, and incorporating renewable energy features, such as geothermal heating and cooling.
Reynolds Construction Co., who has served as the district’s contractor for the Wallingford Elementary and Strath Haven Middle School projects, estimated the Nether Providence Elementary work would cost about $16.5 million, $5.8 million for the school addition, $5.7 million for renovation work, and $3.6 million of other costs.
A tentative schedule calls for work to commence in the summer 2013.
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My question is: why didn't a local contractor get the bid? Wouldn't that make more sense to have a local contractor to be environmentally friendly by creating more jobs therefore staying within the green movement? Also how come so many of the local community of law abiding tax paying citizens are either left uninformed, misinformed or just completely OUT when Major Decisions are being made in the community which will impact all of us for years to come? How come they don't post the most fundamental information on the Nether Providence website? I mean they even took down the contact list of the Township Staff Contacts? And that ain't right. We ALL have a "Right To Know" And to be heard and to be listened to and to be included in the local government and given ample time to know about current affairs so we ALL have the Opportunity to Voice our concerns, questions, and give feedback. Does Anyone out there agree?
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