Mountain View Elementary to get cooling upgrade
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 8 months AGO
Quincy School Board members awarded a contract Tuesday to upgrade the cooling system at Mountain View Elementary, pictured.
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QUINCY — The cooling system at Mountain View Elementary will get an upgrade during the summer. Quincy School Board members voted Tuesday to award a $383,838 contract to a Kennewick company for new system components.
The contract went to BNB Mechanical, Kennewick, for the purchase and installation of a new chiller, a component in the cooling system, wrote Quincy Superintendent Nik Bergman in response to a question from the Herald.
The cooling system equipment was included in a list of construction projects planned for the summer and presented to the school board in March. Upgrades to the heating systems at Mountain View and Monument elementaries were included on the project list, but district Facilities Director Tom Harris said in March those might have to be pushed back to 2024. Harris said those components might cost more than the district can afford in the current market.
The remodeling of the former High Tech High building into a new district office is already underway, with that project scheduled for completion by September. Other summer projects include upgrades to the entry at Monument Elementary, tree removal at Pioneer Elementary and concrete repairs at Quincy High School.
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