Earlier in the week, Brown and school officials said they feared the amount of subterranean concrete, debris and rebar could seriously stall or add major costs to excavation of the site, which is located behind Kitty Hawk and Menlo Park elementary schools.
Work on the site was halted Monday because of $350,000 in unexpected costs associated with removing the concrete and debris, which were left over from when the land was home to a cement company.
School board members told Brown to resume work on the site, but to provide Superintendent William Kirby with daily updates about the progress.
If crews found too much rubble, school officials said they could have to re-evaluate their options.
Kirby said he was pleased to learn it would not come to that. He said crews will soon remove the last of the debris and will begin building footers.
The unexpected removal costs will be about $500,000, but the district’s bid for the $9.5 million project came in about $1.5 million under budget, leaving some breathing room, school officials said.
The project will be about four weeks behind schedule, but school officials hope the project will still be finished by August 2011.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-0749 or cfrolik@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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