District Construction Update

Construction officially kicked off this week, with several contractors mobilizing equipment and materials. Demolition has started in several different areas around the building, as highlighted below.

A truck and crew from Great Lakes Power Vac out of Pewaukee, WI is here this week removing the old ballast (rocks) from the building's current roof. Some of the washed river rock will be reused around the facility. Early next week, Higher Ground Roofing out of Kewaskum, WI will begin removal of the old roof membrane, install new insulation board if needed, install new coverboard, and adhering a new EPDM membrane to the roof. Roof replacement will begin with the high roof over the large gym.

Demolition has begun in the four locker rooms in the building, in preparation for shower renovations. Crews from Kraemer Bros. out of Plain, WI has been onsite removing lockers, carpeting, and tile flooring and showers. The new shower facilities will bring the district up to code and will meet all state and federal laws.

The district will be adding four additional family-style restrooms in the building. This will bring the district up to code, as well as meeting all federal laws and guidelines concerning the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Crews from Kraemer Bros. is here doing demolition in those areas. Additionally, McCormick Electric of Gays Mills, WI is doing electrical work in preparation for the new construction.

The district will be replacing the flooring in our middle school hallways and bathrooms, commons area and bathrooms, cafeteria, and area outside of the Performance Center. Demolition has begun on the old tile flooring in the hallway behind the large gym, in preparation for pouring a new epoxy resin flooring with colored paint chips.

While this project is technically not a part of our referendum, preparations have begun on refinishing the floor in our Large Gym. A crew from Stalker Sports Floors out of New London, WI is onsite sanding and staining the floor. Over the next couple of weeks the floor will be repainted, and a couple of coats of finish will be applied to the floor.

Much of our building is still accessible to staff, students, and the public. We ask any visitors to the building to park in the front (south) parking lot, and use the Middle/High School entrance to come into the building. Currently, the hallway behind the large gym, all locker rooms, the maintenance hallway, and the west half of the middle school hallway are off limits to the public.

We're proud to partner with Kraemer Bros. Construction as the school district's General Contractor, managing the selection of subcontractors, timelines, and project completion. The district previously worked with Kraemer Bros. in the construction of the new school in 1990-91, and the building addition in 1996. We proudly support a successful business based out of southwest Wisconsin (Plain, WI).

We are happy to support and partner with several western and southwestern Wisconsin subcontractors to complete work on our projects. Local subcontractors that will be on site completing work this summer for our projects include Hall Ceilings of Eastman, Showen Excavating of Gays Mills, Foggy Bottom Woodworks of Muscoda, Doug Heisz Concrete of Gays Mills, local Amish craftsmen, and local contractors Aryn Hooker, Michael Olsen, and Brian Swiggum.

Email: bmunson@ncrawford.k12.wi.us
Website: www.northcrawford.com
Location: 47050 County Road X, Soldiers Grove, WI, USA
Phone: (608) 735-4318