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Bluff View, BAK Construction

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Renovation of the B.A. Kennedy Elementary School Library is underway. (Photos by Ted Pennekamp)

Earth moving and grading has begun for the addition to Bluff View Intermediate School. The addition will house a gym, a wood working shop and a band room.

 

Construction underway at Bluff View, BAK

By Ted Pennekamp

 

In addition to the three-court gym, new greenhouse, Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center, and other improvements at Prairie du Chien High School, upgrades at B.A. Kennedy Elementary School and Bluff View Intermediate School are well underway as well. 

Digging for improved drainage at Bluff View has begun in the parking lot area. Grading and the spreading of gravel for an enlarged parking lot is also underway. Along with making the parking lot bigger, a drop-off lane will be added and parking stalls re-arranged. The improvements will allow for more parking as well as more efficient and safer drop-off and pick-up of students. The parking will be changed to 90-degree stalls and parking will be increased to 170 stalls, which is 50 more than what it had been. There will be an approximate 20-car length drop-off lane. Parking lot lighting will be improved as well.

A building is being constructed in the right rear area of Bluff View that will be the central receiving building for the entire school district, said Bluff View Head of Maintenance Jim Stoehr. Paper goods, cleaning supplies and many other items will come to the building.

Earth moving and grading work has also begun behind Bluff View for an addition that will house a gym, a wood working shop/technical education space and the band room, which will be much bigger than the current band room and will have more storage for instruments and improved acoustics. The extra gym space will allow for two full basketball courts end-to-end as needed. Otherwise, there will be a moveable wall, and the extra gym space can be used as a wrestling room.

The Bluff View science room will also have improvements. All Bluff View rooms will have their own thermostats.

Bluff View will also get improvements to the playground.

There will be air conditioning in all three schools in the district.

Some of the highlights of the project at B.A. Kennedy include upgrades to the library and upgrades to a first grade rest room. The library will include an updated computer lab and classroom space, along with a “sky-like” effect on the ceiling with plenty of natural daylight coming in from several windows. There will be color coding to indicate different areas of the library which will be arranged so as to maximize space efficiency. The rest room will have walls from floor to ceiling between toilets. Each toilet area will have its own door. Fixtures will be upgraded. A shower will also be installed at BAK.

High School and BAK Head of Maintenance Luke Lucas said that roofing work is also underway at BAK, including improved sloping and drainage, as well as the installation of air conditioning units.

Olympic Builders of Holmen is the general contractor for the $18.9 million project. August or September of 2018, is the scheduled completion time for the entire project.

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