Worcester East Middle science lab update

You might remember that part of the multi-million dollar overhaul of the WPS physical plant this summer is new science labs for Worcester East Middle School. We got this update last week:

Working in conjunction with the City’s Architectural Division, a design was completed and prepared for bid in the early Spring.  No bids were received in the initial bid process. A second attempt resulted in qualified sub-bidders but the one general bid, which was much higher than the budget allowed, had to be rejected due to the lack of a bid bond.  As a result, the decision was made to modify the design and re-bid it.

At this time, the revised design is complete and final preparation of bid documents is underway. The bid advertising for this project will be initiated by the end of August.  General bids should be received by the end of September resulting in a construction contract in October.  The anticipated construction period for this project is 14 weeks which is due to lead times on laboratory case work of 8-10 weeks