RMS renovations complete

Times staff report

With the Rawlins Middle School renovation project complete as of Oct. 29, Carbon County School District 1 officials are now wrapping up the project in the books.

District 1 Business Manager Garry Goergen is working with the School Facilities Commission to finalize project costs and reimbursement values.

At last week’s District 1 School Board meeting, Goergen presented an amendment to the district’s contract with the School Facilities Commission. The amendment adjusts the final project value according to changes made to the original design that are valued at more than $100,000. The price change flowed over a 5 percent contract allowance by $32,411. In its entirety, the Rawlins Middle School renovations project cost more than $1,621,637.

Changes included alterations to the roof design as well as additional electrical work that was originally part of the project’s second stage. After a revision to the SFC funding evaluation method last year, District 1 lost funding and was forced to adjust the project’s scope. The revised phase two is now “delayed indefinitely,” District 1 Superintendent Peggy Sanders said.

The intended exterior work included a new approach to the middle school from Harshman Street as well as work on the bus drop off and parking areas. They should be addressed at a later date. “We will know where we fall on the (priority) list when the SFC adds a final element to its assessment: the suitability score,” Sanders said. “At that point, every building will be ranked according to condition, suitability and capacity.”