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Thomasville City Schools' Roofing Project Bids Under Budget

Last week, the Thomasville City Board of Education awarded the construction contract for Aho-designed retrofit metal roofs on Thomasville High School and Thomasville Middle School.  The project also includes HVAC replacement and upgrades.  We are pleased to announce that the project came-in under budget and represents a very cost-effective solution for the school system.  Once this project is complete, almost all "flat" low-slope roofs at the High School and Middle School will have been upgraded.

The Contractor with the lowest bid was Assurance Service Group.  We look forward to working with them again, and appreciate all the contractors who expressed an interest in this project and put forth the effort to prepare a bid.

tags: Thomasville City Schools, Roofing
categories: Education, Exterior, Renovation
Monday 03.24.14
Posted by Tim Aho
 

GSCC Bids Retrofit Roof of Electronics Buidling

We received (under budget) bids this morning to construct a sloped metal retrofit roofing system  on the former Automotive Building at Gadsden State Community College's Ayers Campus in Anniston.  The College has retrofit a number of older flat-roofed buildings on the campus, and this project will continue that investment.

​Rendering of retrofit metal roof and new entrance canopy to be constructed in this project.

​Rendering of retrofit metal roof and new entrance canopy to be constructed in this project.


​Under Budget...

We are pleased that bids were received from 6 of 7 pre-qualified general contractors, and that the low bid was substantially (22%) under budget.  Aho Architects is also pleased that the average of all bids received is also under budget (by 2.8%).  This is consistent with our historical cost estimating performance which is around 2% under budget.

Related work...

Aho Architects is also honored to be GSCC's architect for a complete interior renovation of the same building, under a separate project with construction starting next week.  This renovation will convert the structure into a new home for GSCC's electronics programs on the campus.  Aho Architects also designed renovations for electronics (robotics, electronics, process logic controls, etc.) on GSCC's East Broad Street Campus.  That project is featured here on our website.

​View of the existing building before renovation

​View of the existing building before renovation


A Word of Thanks...

Aho Architects and Gadsden State would like to thank the following General Contractors (listed alphabetically) for the time, effort, and investment they made in submitting bids for this project:​

  • Alabama Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc.
  • Assurance Service Group, Inc.
  • Boatner Construction Co., Inc.
  • Dunn Building Company
  • Hale Building Company
  • Kent Consolidated Construction, Inc.
tags: Gadsden State Community College, Roofing
categories: Community College, Education, Exterior, Renovation
Thursday 02.28.13
Posted by Tim Aho
 

Construction Progress at LIFE Tech Transition Center

Retrofit metal roofing systems are being added to three buildings at the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles LIFE Tech Transition Center in Thomasville, AL.  Two of the buildings are well underway as shown in these before and "in-progress" photos taken last Friday.


Work in Progress 2/15/13:

Administration Building (in-progress)

Administration Building (in-progress)

Views from before construction started:

Administration Bldg. (before)
Administration Bldg. (before)

Maintenance Building (in-progress)

Maintenance Building (in-progress)

Maintenance Bldg. (before)

Maintenance Bldg. (before)

tags: Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, Under Construction, Roofing
categories: Exterior, Renovation, Government
Monday 02.18.13
Posted by Tim Aho
 

Shelton State Retrofit Roofs Progressing

Work is progressing on our project to add sloped metal retrofit roofs on four buildings at Shelton State Community College's C.A. Fredd Campus in Tuscaloosa, AL.  The weather was pretty miserable during this inspection, but hey, what better time to inspect new roofs than in the rain?  It definitely helps us to find the leaks, and fortunately... we didn't find any.

Building 200 Retrofit Roof

Building 200 Retrofit Roof

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tags: Under Construction, Shelton State Community College, Roofing
categories: Renovation, Exterior, Community College
Thursday 01.31.13
Posted by Tim Aho
 

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