At the May meeting of the R-II school board, Erik Wilson from Bond Architects outlined progress on the construction of the school’s performance gym, noting that exterior walls are being erected as the gym’s outline takes shape.
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Through the clouds of dust and the rumble of machinery at Wright City High School, the property’s skyline has begun to change.
At the May meeting of the R-II school board, Erik Wilson from Bond Architects outlined progress on the construction of the school’s performance gym, noting that exterior walls are being erected as the gym’s outline takes shape.
The west, south and southeast walls have been constructed to their planned heights.
“The gym touches three existing walls of the (finished high school) building,” Wilson said. “The walls are 95 percent done, I would say. Those (are finished to) full height. You can see it from the parking lot pretty easily. The foundation footings are all up to grade. We’re just waiting for the construction to catch up. Even the front, where the canopy will be, the footings are in place and ready to go for columns.”
Board member Kyle Lewis asked Wilson about the concerns of the weather’s potential effects on the project.
“How many days do we have built in for weather?” Lewis asked.
“In the construction industry, there are days built in for every month, based upon the average amount of rain,” Wilson said. “I don’t think they’ve gone over the minimum yet, so I don’t think they have any rain delays they could claim. May has many days of rain, just like April, but there shouldn’t be any above average.”
Even with the amount of rain the area has seen recently, there was no discussion about anything changing the timetable for gym completion, which was stated to be 18 months from the initial phase of the facilities’ construction.
Wilson said that the construction of the performance gym has necessitated a drainage channel to handle excess water.
“We had to create slopes to get water off the existing building,” Wilson said. “In particular, the restrooms over by the cafeteria.”
Among the other areas of work on the performance gym that Wilson updated were the late-April masonry and beam-pocket construction and the completion of the foundation work.
