6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL OCTOBER 18, 2018
CONSTRUCTION ON HARRISON CONTINUES
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
The new Harrison Elementary School is
beginning to come together.
Last Saturday, 286,357 pounds of con-
crete was poured on the second fl oor of the
school. The construction of the new school,
where the old Al Kennedy Alternative High
School was located, will cost $23 million
and is part of a bond from the South Lane
School District.
“[Pouring the concrete] keeps us on our
timeline,” said Matt Allen the maintenance
and facilities supervisor who is at the sight
starting at 5 a.m. at least fi ve days a week.
“Three days after that upper deck is poured
we can start setting those prebuilt walls.”
This domino effect then continues to oth-
er trades such as electricians who will be
able to start their work now that they will
have a dry environment. With many proj-
ects in Oregon, a hurdle that they have faced
is the weather.
“We know that mother nature is unpre-
dictable and we can count on that,” said
Allen. “[But] if we didn’t pour Saturday,
it would have cost me a week and time is
money.”
The weather will also come in to play
with the roof design.
“The roof design that we have chosen,
is over code requirement for energy code.
None of those layers of that polystyrene can
get wet so what they’re literally going to do,
they’ve already ordered the tarp, we got two
great days of weather but it’s going to rain
off and on, they’re going to have that tarp
ready,” said Allen.
Despite any weather delays, the district
and school board are upbeat about the proj-
ect.
“It’s cool. It’s pretty exciting to see it all
coming together and to see how fast it’s go-
ing up,” said school board member Taylor
Wilhour. “You know we’re just a little bit
behind but not so far behind that I’m wor-
ried about catching up.”
Elsewhere in SLSD construction, the pool design committee had
their fi rst meeting on Tuesday. The group will be meeting to fi gure
out how to spend $5.1 million for a pool that was projected to be
over $9 million.
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PHOTO BY ZACH SILVA
South Lane School District Maintenance Manager Matt Allen leads a tour of the construction site for the new Harrison Elementary School being built on
Taylor Ave. The project, funded by a bond passed by voters in May, is expected to be complete by next fall and will house the growing student population of
Cottage Grove.
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