Bid awarded in GHV expansion and remodeling project

The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura School Board has awarded the bid for an expansion and remodeling project at its high school building to Larson Contracting, of Lake Mills, Iowa.

Larson submitted the lowest of five bids for the work.  Its base bid was $6,211,500.  With alternatives included by the Board, the Larson bid was about $6.48 million.

A favorable bid climate and low interest rates will result in the project coming in about $1 million less than anticipated.

The project will include a science wing, special education addition, fine arts storage and wrestling/weight room addition.  Construction of a pre-engineered bus barn and storage facility, as well as parking lot on the south side of the football field are also planned.  A new baseball field, dugouts and another new parking lot west of the school are also part of the project.

The entire project is expected to take about one year, with work beginning this fall.

The School Board has approved the use of its one-cent sales tax revenue to fund the project.