My school just burnt down we need to rebuild fast?

Question

Hey all my school just burnt down a couple days ago

http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/69734.html

does anybody know if its possible to rebuild a school in 6 months? This school only needs to be big enough for about 1500 kids maybe less; we only have around 750 right now but are rapidly growing. what can we do as a community to get a school rebuilt as soon as possible?

Answer 1

I suppose you could pray, that usually does nothing.

Answer 2

I build very large building. I am a structural steel specialist. But to be honest there is a reason schools are not rebuilt or even build fast. It has to do with the money, architects, engineers, contractors, schools boards, the local political machine and then the actually people that do the work and of course it will have to be twice as big as before and there will have to be updates to the existing structure. This will also cause the whole building to have to be reinspected, all plumbing and electric will have to be reworked to meet the latest codes( there are 4 to 6 ) codes that will apply. So can it be done in six months, How much money is on the table. The amount of money is what determines what can be done and how long it will take. The construction world is about profit. Not the need from the building.
All the affective trades also do not overlap in there time slots as per the schedule. example
First person envolved are the School board they have to take bids and proposals from architects. This is a 4 to 8 week process. State laws will determine the time frame. The architect will then produce a proposal of the new complex based on the specifications of the school board, The school board got there informaiton from the state supers office and from the guidelines of the state office of educational oversight. So you can see alot goes on in the back ground. Also citizens have the right of input to the school board. Once a architec is chose then he assignes the work in his office and oversees the work of his staff. This process will take 4 to 8 week. So we are looking at 8 to 16 weeks. Then the plans will be sent to the state school board from approvals or changes. You see at least three major changes on any school plans. These will take 3 week to fix. 11 to 19 week now. Notice the ground has not even been touched yeat. Now as the plans are approved now according to state law they have to be let out for bid to general contractors. This is a two week process here may be more there. 13 to 19 weeks. Once the Contract is awarded to a contractor then the word begains. The contractor will assign the work to his schedule and also will sign contracts will all the suppliers. This all takes about a one week. 14 to 20 weeks now. The steel manufactor will begain work and his word will take a month before he has finished drawing. The concrete mfg will begain to fabricate the blocks. The air contractor will begain to order the units and materials needed. The General contractor will then begain to work the subgrade and prepare from the pad. And also will begain removing all the old material. The bottom line is six months will have come and gone and the building will not even be near finished. Large building take time and government buildings take twice as much time. I would estimate at least 1 year to 1 1/2 years.

Answer 3

our church rented prefab movable classrooms to supplement the classrooms at the K-8th church school they had. I think there are some pretty good prefab classrooms around that could be used for probably a year as a school is built. There are businesses that rent them

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I hope things work out. Perhaps there is a local church with a multipurpose room big enough for a gym that could be rented or borrowed.

btw prayer does work

Answer 4

The 1st thing you yourself need to do is get in touch with your states miniistry of education's (I may have used the wrong word I'm Canadian) correspondence division so you don't lose any time or even get ahead. Then worry about rebuilding. BTW yes it can be done

Answer 5

that happened to my high school when I was in the 3rd grade--they'll have to bring in trailers to hold classes in while they rebuild or find another location to use--it took almost two years to rebuild