NEW FAIRFIELD — An architectural firm has been selected for the town’s $113.4 million school construction plan.
After funding for an $84.2 million new high school and a $29.2 million early learning academy passed by taxpayer vote back in October, the town has been moving forward to bring the projects to fruition.
“The Permanent Building Committee has been meeting very frequently since the passage of the referendum,” Rich Sanzo, the school district’s business and operations director, said Friday.
After receiving 15 qualification packages from different firms for architectural and engineering services, the committee narrowed down the list and interviewed four firms last Tuesday.
Based on qualifications and fees, Sanzo said, the committee selected Hartford-based JCJ Architecture to provide services for the two school projects.
School officials have said the existing high school and Consolidated School are in poor condition and need millions of dollars worth of upgrades.
New Fairfield residents had mixed reactions to the plans. Some felt the projects were being rushed, while others thought the schools were in urgent need of improvements.
The learning academy project will involve 44,000- square-feet of new construction, modifications to the Meeting House Hill School, replacement of the bus lot and demolition of the existing Consolidated Elementary School.
Preschool through first grade would move out of Consolidated School and into the addition, while second graders would go into an existing wing at Meeting House.
The estimated cost of the learning academy project is $29,185,907. The town expects a 38 percent state reimbursement for the learning academy project, which will leave a $18,352,160 total cost to the town.
Work on the high school will involve 143,000-square-feet of new construction, field replacements, locker room renovations and Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades.
The estimated cost of the high school project is $84,214,908, and the town expects a 27.86 percent state reimbursement — leaving a $61,638,572 total cost to the town.
First Selectman Pat Del Monaco has said the building projects will mean higher taxes for New Fairfield residents — rising to 9 percent over the next five years before decreasing.
The Permanent Building Committee is in the process of finalizing contracts with JCJ Architecture, Sanzo said.
It has also issued requests for qualifications and proposals for owner’s representative services, which he said will “serve as project manager for the projects as part of the consultant team.”
Sanzo said the Permanent Building Committee is scheduled to meet with two firms — Colliers Project Leaders and the Morganti Group — for those services this Tuesday, and is expected to make a selection after next Tuesday.
“With the architect selection nearly completed and the owner’s representative selection hopefully being completed before the new year, we expect to have a kick-off meeting with the architects in January,” Sanzo said.
“Shortly after that, we’ll be sharing with the community different opportunities for them to get involved in visioning exercises related to the design of the buildings. More information on that will be released after the new year,” he said.
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