Company chosen to build Su Valley school

PALMER — The Mat-Su Borough Wednesday chose Collins Construction to build the new Su Valley Jr. and Sr. High School.

The contract will go for approval in front of the Mat-Su Borough Assembly on Aug. 5.

The previous Su Valley school burned down on June 5, 2007, displacing students to portable classrooms at the Su Valley Senior Center.

According to a borough news release, the contract with Collins requires that the school be mostly finished by Dec. 1, 2009.

According to the release, there are incentives for finishing the school early.

This isn’t the first bidding process to rebuild the Su Valley school.

Collins Construction was originally expected to be awarded with the contract in June, but the item was pulled from the assembly’s agenda when borough administration learned of activities in violation of the Request-for-Proposals rules, according to borough Manager John Duffy in a June news release.

This time around, the same three contractors submitted proposals, according to the borough.

Those contractors are Collins Construction, Roger Hickel Contracting, Inc., and SKW/Eskimos, Inc.

Again, Collins Construction won the deal, with a bid of $17.3 million, which is down $496,000 from Collins’ original bid, according to the borough.

“The next step is obtaining assembly approval and then beginning construction as soon as possible,” Duffy said in the news release. “We look forward to getting the students back into their high school.”

Contact Michael Rovito at michael.rovito@frontiersman.com or 352-2252.