BELLEVUE WEST HIGH SCHOOL

Bellevue West
As part of the overall bond program, one of the major items planned in the Bond work is a new auditorium for Bellevue West. Some initial planning meetings have been held on the planned project and additional planning will be held over the next several months. It is anticipated that the planning work on this project will extend into early 2020 and is anticipated that construction will begin in the Summer of 2020.

Also scheduled for work to occur in 2020 will be the replacement of a significant area of the existing roof areas on the building that has been identified as in poor condition and where there is a lot of small areas of ongoing roof leaks. It is anticipated that this work will start in the Spring of 2020 and will continue through the summer of 2020.

As part of the overall bond program, the existing field lighting at Bellevue West was recently upgraded. The existing light fixtures were replaced with new state-of-the-art LED fixtures to bring the light levels on the field up to current recommended standards, but also provides a net utility savings to the District from the use of the lights. The design of the new system was coordinated with Musco Lighting and a contract was awarded to Musco to provide the new lighting system and poles for the project with the installation completed by ProTech Electrical Systems.

Positives resulting from this project include the following:

• • Lamp Life: The existing HID lamps being used at the field are rated around 15,000 hours of average lamp life. The new average LED lamp life expectancy is rated over 50,000 hours.
  • Energy Savings: Based on anticipated yearly use, it is anticipated that the new LED fixtures will save approximately $1,000 per year in utility costs.
  • Musco provides a full 25-year maintenance package for the new LED fixtures with the installation on the new poles. If anything happens to these fixtures during this time, Musco handles all of the repair/replacement work at their expense. This equates to an average $2,000 to $4,000 annual savings to the District in light fixture maintenance costs.

Games at the field for the last half of the football season were held under the new lights and made a significant change in the lighting appearance on the field. The life expectancy of the new lights/poles, the energy efficiency of the new lights, and the reduced maintenance for the fixtures will be an economic savings to the District over the coming years.

Bleachers

With some significant ongoing maintenance issues with the existing gym bleachers at Bellevue West, the bleachers in the main gym at West were replaced in the Fall of 2018 prior to the start of the basketball season.

Roof Projects
The first round of roof replacement work scheduled for Bellevue West has been wrapped up over several classroom areas, the shop area and the pool area.  These roofs should be highly functional for the next 20+ years so these roofs will keep the students and staff dry!!!  Additional roof areas have been identified/scheduled for replacement and will be scheduled to be completed in the next couple of years after higher priority roofs are addressed in the District.

Shop Ventilation Upgrade Project
The replacement of the ventilation units for the welding hoods in the shop area at Bellevue West was completed over the Spring break period at the end of March, 2018.  The new units replace the previous units that were part of the original building construction completed back in 1977.

Bellevue West Field Lighting
As part of the overall bond program, the existing field lighting is being planned on being replaced at Bellevue West to bring field lighting levels up to current lighting standards. Options were reviewed between going back with new HID lighting or moving to more energy efficient LED field lighting. In review of existing conditions at the site, the recommendation was made to look at installing new poles and LED field lighting at the field. Design of the new system was coordinated with Musco Lighting and a contract was awarded to Musco to provide the new lighting system and poles for the project. A separate installation package has been awarded to ProTech Electrical Systems.

Positives resulting from this project include the following:

• Lamp Life: The existing HID lamps being used at the field are rated around 15,000 hours of average lamp life. The new average LED lamp life expectancy is rated over 50,000 hours.
• Energy Savings: Based on anticipated yearly use, it is anticipated that the new LED fixtures will save approximately $1,000 per year in utility costs.
• Musco provides a full 25-year maintenance package for the new LED fixtures with the installation on the new poles. If anything happens to these fixtures during this time, Musco handles all of the repair/replacement work at their expense. This equates to an average $2,000 to $4,000 annual savings to the District in light fixture maintenance costs. Work on this project is scheduled to start in August 2018 and is anticipated to be completed in late September, 2018. The existing lights at the field will be kept active until the new lights are ready to be activated.

Bellevue West High School Bleachers
The Bellevue School Board approved at the May 2018 meeting a contract with Heartland Seating to replace the existing bleachers in the main gym at Bellevue West High School. The new seating will replace the existing wood bleachers with new retractable contoured plastic bench seats. Work is tentatively scheduled to start in mid-October 2018 and will be completed prior to the start of the 2018-2019 basketball season.

The Bellevue School Board approved at the May 2018 meeting a contract with Heartland Seating to replace the existing bleachers in the main gym at Bellevue West High School. The new seating will replace the existing wood bleachers with new retractable contoured plastic bench seats. Work is tentatively scheduled to start shortly after September 1st, 2018 and will be completed in the Fall of 2018.

Field Lighting
As part of the overall bond program, the existing field lighting is being planned on being replaced at Bellevue West to bring field lighting levels up to current standards. Options were reviewed between going back with new HID lighting or moving to more energy efficient LED field lighting. In review of existing conditions at the site, the recommendation was made to look at installing new poles and LED field lighting at the field. Design of the new system was coordinated with Musco Lighting and a contract was awarded to Musco to provide the new lighting system and poles for the project. A separate bid package will be bid out for the installation of the new lighting system in coordination with Musco.

Positives resulting from this project include the following:

• Lamp Life: The existing HID lamps being used at the field are rated around 15,000 hours of average lamp life. The new average LED lamp life expectancy is rated over 50,000 hours.
• Energy Savings: Based on anticipated yearly use, it is anticipated that the new LED fixtures will save approximately $1,000 per year in utility costs.
• Musco provides a full 25-year maintenance package for the new LED fixtures with the installation on the new poles. If anything happens to these fixtures during this time, Musco handles all of the repair/replacement work at their expense. This equates to an average $2,000 to $4,000 annual savings to the District in light fixture maintenance costs.

Work on this project is schedule to start mid-summer of 2018 and is anticipated to be completed around September 1st, 2018.

Shop Ventilation Upgrade Project
The replacement of the ventilation units for the welding hoods in the shop area at Bellevue West was completed over the Spring break period at the end of March, 2018. The new units replace the previous units that were part of the original building construction completed back in 1977.