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THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013
At long last, BOE tackles Midland Ave. site By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
drywalls, ceiling tiles, hallway lights, old electrical wiring and the like to prep the space KEARNY – for Mark Construction, the fter some three years of Montville contractor the BOE hired in August 2010 for about sitting idle, the former $1.6 million to reshape the tire factory and, more recently, private school, at 172- building to its current needs. The BOE will get 40% of the 174 Midland Ave. previously acquired by the Kearny Board job reimbursed through the state Department of Educaof Education as a future BOE tion’s School Development headquarters is finally showAuthority. ing signs of life. Unfortunately, since the job Last week, school maintenance staff secured the build- has been delayed for more ing’s exterior with a fence and than three years to complete state-mandated environmental green tarpaulin, positioned a remediation, the increased Dumpster on the Elm St. side price of construction materiand began limited interior als could drive up the cost by demolition work. Workers busied themselves $160,000 to $170,000, according to Superintendent of with ripping out sections of
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Schools Frank Ferraro. “We’re trying to offset that additional cost by doing some of the preliminary work inhouse,” explained Mark Bruscino, director of school plant operations. As the job transitions to the more complex work, Bruscino said the contractor will be redeveloping a small garage on the building’s Elm St. side to accommodate the new BOE meeting room and caucus room. Mark Construction will also build a modest addition to the building, also on the Elm St. side, which will house the new first-floor front entrance and see MIDLAND page
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