Школа округа Мононгалия заключила контракт на 133 тыс. долларов для подготовки к строительству новой средней школы Санкрест

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County School System is another step closer to beginning construction on the new Suncrest Middle School. The Mon County BOE unanimously approved a contract valued at around $130,000 with the Eastern Air Balance Corporation to serve as the commissioning agent for the approximately $34 million project. Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell spoke after the board’s regular meeting on Tuesday, where he affirmed that this will be one of the last contracts that is set in place before the final bid award is approved in the coming weeks. “The contract is for $133,730, and it is with Eastern Air Balance Corporation,” said Campbell on the exact numbers of the contract. The contract allows for the project to move forward with state mandates to have final inspections occur for all infrastructure installations inside the new Suncrest Middle School when it is completed. This will include an inspection of all electrical and HVAC work along with plumbing and any internal systems that will be included in construction. “When the building is completed, they will come in and they will check to make sure that all of the internal systems are completed,” said Campbell. The new Suncrest Middle School will be located on a 17-acre site located near West Virginia 705, between Mon Health Medical Center and the Suncrest Towne Centre. With an enrollment capacity of 499, the new school will also include a multi-level media center, a regulation basketball court and athletic field, and a parking lot gridded out for more than 100 spaces. “The next contract that should come in front of the board will be for the actual contractor to build the building,” said Campbell. The next step for the Mon County BOE is to issue final approval for the winning bid for the Suncrest Middle School construction project by the end of September. Pending any sudden changes, the goal remains to have construction completed on the school by 2028 with a design that has already been endorsed by the school system and staff members. “Once the contractor is selected, then the board would at that point enter into conversational discussions to develop that final cost of the building,” said Campbell. “We probably are going to target the month of September, where we’ll bring that back to the board.”