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Shovel-ready: GAPS breaks ground on new school
When it’s completed in fall 2019, Albany’s newest elementary school will be able to hold up to 600 students. The 90,000-square-foot building will be “light and bright,” with a two-story classroom wing, two gyms, a commons, a media center and a covered play area. It will be secure while both allowing for and encouraging access for public use.
Gaps Elementary school contractor chosen
Apr 11, 2018
Albany’s newest elementary school will be under budget even with a covered play area, extra classrooms and an auxiliary gym. That’s the word from officials with Greater Albany Public Schools, who brought a contract proposal Monday to the Albany School Board for approval.
Rebuilding of Lookingglass school slowly progressing
The new building to replace the Lookingglass Elementary School gymnasium destroyed by 2016 fire has been hit with delays, leaving in doubt when students and staff will be able to use it.
June 2018 completion date eyed for new Lookingglass Elementary gymnasium
Sep 16,2017
The overall budget is still being determined by the insurance company based on required code upgrades, but Miller said the final number should reach about $4 million after soft costs for items like design are considered. The HMK Company project management team from Salem and gLAs Architects are currently working to complete the bid packages for both the site work and the prefabricated metal building.
GAPS approves school expansion plans
Extra bond funds made possible by premium sales will pay for expanded capacity at Oak Grove and Albany’s new elementary school, the Albany School Board has decided. Board members agreed Monday to spend $13.5 million of the extra $28 million received in premium bond sales to do work at both schools.
GAPS, city swap property for new school
Right now, weeds, wetlands and wildflowers make up the field just past the track at the north side of Timber Ridge School. Greater Albany Public Schools and the city of Albany are working together to turn that field into a new elementary school and an east side city park.
Lookingglass Elementary School looks at options following a December fire
The Winston Dillard School District Board of Education held a special work session Wednesday to discuss possible outcomes for the Lookingglass Elementary School fire that destroyed the school’s gymnasium on Dec. 27. Managing Director David McKay from HMK Project Management Company in Salem presented the board with three possible options to recover from the fire.
Asbestos abatement and demolition began at Lookingglass Elementary
Feb 11, 2017
Earlier this week, McKay met with a regional environmental specialist from the Department of Environmental Quality to walk the site. McKay laid out the cleanup plan and the DEQ representative agreed to it.
Bond Final: Gym At South, Auditorium At West
The Albany School Board voted unanimously Monday to approve a $159 million bond request to build one new school, start replacing another and make major upgrades to several more.
Lookingglass considers options for destroyed gym
“Managing Director David McKay from HMK Project Management Company in Salem presented the board with three possible options to recover from the fire: rebuilding at the same site, rebuilding at another site in the district or taking a cash settlement. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.”
Albany Schools In 2016: Changes Inside And Out
“HMK Company was able to turn around a design for a new building in just a few months and broke ground on the new commons in late 2015. Crews turned over the keys to the building this past Aug. 1 and students were able to use it from the beginning of the school year.”
South Albany students get first look at finished commons
On Wednesday morning at South Albany High School, the first day of school for all returning grades, the adjectives about the new student commons just kept coming. An arsonist burned the high school’s former cafeteria in April 2015.
GAPS takes over cafeteria
The building that will house South Albany High School’s new cafeteria is finished, ready for the equipment and furnishings that will make it a new student home. On Monday, crews with HMK Company officially turned over the building to Greater Albany Public Schools.
Albany hires bond project managers
When the Albany school district finalizes plans for a bond measure next year, it will do so with the help of two project managers, the Albany School Board has decided. Board members voted unanimously on Tuesday to hire both HMK Company of Salem…
New South Albany Cafeteria Almost Finished
“Although it’s built to look like its predecessor, the new building will be updated in several ways. The exterior walls have been coated with a material to help repel graffiti, McKay said. The storm drains will funnel into planters that will trap the silt for the shrubs and sprouts while letting the water drain back into the city systems.”
GAPS gets look at high school bond ideas
Oct 5, 2016
Albany school board members got a look Monday at where new buildings might go if they choose to add them to the district’s high schools through next spring’s bond request.
GAPS Approves Reconstruction Project Manager
The Albany School Board voted unanimously Monday to approve a $159 million bond request to build one new school, start replacing another and make major upgrades to several more.
Over Haul Of Helix High
Originally built in 1923, is expected to be completed days before the school year begins Sept. 16. Some of the new additions include: interactive white boards in classrooms, a new energy- efficient-heating and cooling system, an elevator, science lab, now computer lab and second gym that will feature a stage, weight room and visitors’ locker room.