From a “construction update” included amongst the documents for next week’s Decatur School Board meeting…

New South continues to assure CSD that they are on schedule and the school will be ready for opening day. Hopefully with all of the activity around the site, the rumors about the building not being ready will finally stop.

In November and early December the structural steel was installed. With the steel in place the contractor was then able to pour the 2nd and 3rd floors. The multi-purpose room floor was poured earlier in December and the masons have been busy installing the block walls in this area. Toward the end of this week the contractor hopes to pour the ground floor and that will be the last major concrete installation.

The weather looks good over the next two weeks and this will give the contractor time to place more of the roof decking, pour the slab and start laying out the interior and exterior walls. The mock-up of the exterior finishes has also been completed and will be reviewed and approved by CSD this week.

Construction photo courtesy of that same document