BIDS ACCEPTED FOR PHASE TWO OF ROXBURY’S BUILDING PROJECT

November 4, 2003, Succasunna, NJ…On Monday, November 3, 2003 the Roxbury Board of Education awarded contracts to five companies, which will be completing renovations and additions in Phase 2 of the district’s building project.  The schools include d in Phase 2 of the building project are – Jefferson Elementary School, Eisenhower Middle School and Roxbury High School.  The following companies were awarded contracts to begin work at these three locations:

ü      General Construction:  Vanas Construction Company, Inc. of Bogota, New Jersey, in the amount of $3,833,800.00

ü      Structural Steel:  J.G. Schmidt Steel of Passaic, New Jersey, in the amount of $310,400.00

ü      Plumbing:  Aero Plumbing & Heating Company of Vienna, New Jersey, in the amount of $464,400.00

ü      HVAC:  T M Brennan Contractors, Inc. of Hamburg, New Jersey, in the amount of $1,649,000.00

ü      Electrical:   E.J. Steward Electric, Inc. of Parsippany, New Jersey, in the amount of $717,210.00.

Just as with Phase 1 of the building project, EPIC Management, Inc. has been contracted by the Roxbury Board of Education to manage the day-to-day construction operations that will take place at these three project sites.   The hiring of EPIC Management is to ensure the safety and well being of students, staff, parents and visitors at the locations where construction work is going to take place.

As construction gets underway at these locations, principals will be regularly communicating information to parents and guardians regarding safety procedures and procedural changes that are necessary during construction.  In addition to these principal communications, www.roxbury.org can be utilized to view progress that has been made at each of the building sites. This is an exciting time in our school district and we wish to once again thank our community members for their continued support!