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Trenton, NJ (December 22, 2008) - The New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) has awarded a $15,160,480 construction contract to Tamburro Brothers Construction Co., Inc., for Egg Harbor City’s new Elementary/Middle School, which will provide 21st century educational opportunities for 364 students in 4th through 8th grades.
The new 61,954-square-foot, two-story elementary/middle school will be built on a 10-acre district-owned site. It will include general classrooms, special education rooms, science and technology labs, small-group instruction areas, art and music rooms, a media center, a cafetorium with a kitchen, and a gym. It is scheduled to open in September 2010.
The Millville-based Tamburro firm was selected from among 12 firms that submitted bids December 18. The Vaughan Collaborative, Inc. is the design consultant for the project. Greyhawk is SDA’s construction management firm.
Construction projects like the Egg Harbor City Elementary/Middle School are key to Governor Corzine’s call for state agencies to invest capital in long-term infrastructure upgrades that stimulate economic growth and create living-wage jobs in communities throughout New Jersey. Under new CEO Kris Kolluri, the SDA is working to accelerate school projects in 2009. It plans to start work on $1.4 billion worth of projects.
The SDA will pay two-thirds of the cost for the Egg Harbor City Elementary/Middle School, with the district responsible for the remainder as its local share. The project is eligible for funding and State management because it was approved before amendments to the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act of 2000. Under the 2007 amendments, which established the SDA, such future projects will be managed and funded by the local districts.
Egg Harbor City has another project, an addition and renovations to the Charles. L. Spragg Elementary School, under way as well.
The SDA currently has 18 active construction projects in SDA (formerly Abbott) Districts, three active Demonstration Projects and seven ongoing projects in Regular Operating Districts (ROD). Overall the SDA has completed 585 projects: 44 new schools; 41 extensive additions, renovations and/or rehabilitations; three demonstration projects and nearly 400 other projects.
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