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Wheeler High SPLOST Construction Website
Visit often for construction updates
Welcome to the Wheeler website designed to provide updates on the
construction of the new building and all things related to SPLOST at
Wheeler.
We understand how much the school means to the community and the
surrounding area and would like any feedback or ideas you might have to make
the process more effective and inclusive.
Please email any concerns or ideas to
Dr. David Chiprany,
Principal or Dr. Charles
Braddock, Assistant Principal
Below is what the entrance to the new building will look like.
5/8/2012
Below is an aerial photo taken on April 23, 2012
You can see the back section of the roof, which is where the new
cafeteria will be, has been added and the rest of the walls are almost
completed. The clay area in the bottom of the photo will be paved and
will become the loading dock area for the cafe.
3/27/2012
The walls are going up... Hogan Construction can add about 6-8
walls a day and there are about 60+ walls, so by the end of Spring Break
most of the walls should be up. Next, the roof joists will appear and
by the end of April..first of May, we should see the roof. Please stop
by and see the progress.
3/5/2012
We are on track and you should start seeing the walls go up this month
and the brick will be already on the wall sections. We are building the
walls off campus and putting them in place with a crane. Once the walls are
in place around the perimeter, the roof will go on and then the rest of the
foundation and internal work will be completed...out of the weather.
2/1/2012
The footings for the foundation have been laid and beginning March 1,
2012, the precast walls will start to go up,this should be done by April 11,
2012. Also by the end of April we should have the roof on and we will
begin to finish the interior. We are on track for moving in the new
bldg sometime around April/May 2013. I have attached an aerial photo of what
it looked like at the end of January.
Jan 2012 - Aerial.pdf
11-2-2011
We are tearing the building down NOW. It will be all down by the
end of next week. Next, they will remove the rubble and then begin the
building of the new building.
9.8.2011
When the bids came out we were over budget by roughly $6M. The
board and the construction team worked to get it to $3M over and then the
board voted to approve a little over $20M. As it stands right now we
are looking to start construction in the next few weeks.
We are adding a stairway up to the top floor of the "3-story" building to
relieve a major transition bottle neck that will occur when we put up the
construction fence and no-one will be allowed to traverse the front parking
lot. Once the fence goes up the construction zone will be off-limits
to everyone, 24/7. There will be no parking in this area.
We are putting a safety fence behind the "3-story" building and removing
the satelite dish. Students will be encouraged to walk on the pavement
and not walk down the "hill".
We are also putting a safety fence along the "senior drive" on the south
end of the football field to separate students from bus and car traffic.
If you have any questions please call me at 770-578-3266 ext 304 or email
me at
Charles.braddock@cobbk12.org
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