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Glen Oaks Board Approves Bids For Capital Outlay Projects
By: Mike Stiles - Wednesday, December 22, 2021

(photo courtesy of Glen Oaks Community College)

(CENTREVILLE) – Glen Oaks Community College has approved a capital outlay project that has been three years in the making.

During a special meeting Monday, the Glen Oaks Board of Trustees approved the last step necessary to set the project in motion. Howard Williams, of Miller-Davis Company, which is the construction management company overseeing the project, attended the meeting via Zoom and shared cost information along with vendors who were selected for the project.

The $7.3 million capital outlay project includes renovation to the north side of campus, and specifically the E.J. Shaheen Library, art studio, classrooms, restrooms, and foyer. Also included is new lighting, updated IT infrastructure, windows, doors, fire alarms, a new electrical instruction lab and new metal siding to encapsulate the current exterior walls of the building.

The board began investigating if capital outlay funding would be an option back in the fall of 2017. After removing non-instructional facilities, such as the Nora Hagen Theater and athletic areas, it was finally approved by the State of Michigan in December 2019; but vetoed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in March 2020 due to the pandemic. In December 2020; however, the increased cost of materials due to the pandemic pushed the overall cost to $2.5 million more than planned, causing the college to remove the tech labs from the state project and fund them through the campus budget.

The state re-approved the project with the changes in May 2021 but once again, bids were slightly higher than planned and adjustments were again made to trim areas of the project. The new plans were approved by the state as part of the 2022 budget in September.

The project is set to begin on January 10 and completion is expected by December 2022.



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