ABSS will be holding information and input sessions with Moseley Architects on Monday, October 28 regarding the new high school project approved by Alamance County voters in November 2018. ABSS and Moseley Architects will be presenting the initial concepts for the new high school and will be encouraging participation of community stakeholders at these forums.

The open community information and input session will take place on Monday, November 4 at 6pm at Williams High Auditorium. Recommendations from community stakeholders will be incorporated into this presentation.

To complete design services for the new high school project, the Moseley Architect Firm has been hired. Curriculum plans are underway, preliminary conceptual designs will be prepared for review at public stakeholder meetings that will soon be scheduled before the finalization of conceptual drawings. The ABSS Board of Education has approved Samet Corporation as the construction firm using the Construction Manager at Risk model, and contract negotiations are underway. The Board of Education has also approved negotiations for evaluation of land purchase at site #7 which includes 100 acres, 96% of which is suitable for development. With the current plan, the buildings and athletic facilities will likely take up most of that space.

An initial site suitability evaluation for the potential property for the new high school has been conducted. ABSS is also currently holding initial meetings with maintenance and the curriculum team in anticipation of the new high school.

The Board of Education voted to choose “Construction Manager at Risk” (CMAR) as the construction method for the New High School and Southern High School. An RFP for CMAR services was issued by ABSS on July 25th and responses are due back by noon August 12th. An ABSS Committee will conduct CMAR interviews beginning September 11. No decisions have been made regarding construction manager options for ABSS’ other bond projects.

The ABSS architect/designer selection process began last November when ABSS posted the RFQ (Request for Quotes) and scheduled school visits for early December. By the January 7, 2019 deadline, ABSS received 24 architect/designers submissions for renovation projects and 13 submissions for the new high school. The selection process also included two rounds of interviews with an internal committee and a stakeholder committee.

At the June 18, 2019 ABSS Board of Education Meeting, the Board approved the staff recommendation that Mosley Architects from Raleigh provide the following services for the new high school: design narrative, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding and negotiations, and construction administration with a design cost estimated at $3,100,631.

Alamance-Burlington School System staff have reviewed architects for bond projects and will provide the School Board of Education with recommendations to be approved in early June.

At the May 14, 2019 meeting, the Board of Education was presented with construction delivery methods. The Board voted to use the Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) delivery method for the New High School. (Please see FAQ page for CMAR information). No RFP has been released at this time to hire a construction manager.