Ohio Administrative District Council Locals on the Job
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Newman Masonry Superintendent and Local 16 Ohio member Jim Belding and Painesville students at Chestnut Elementary’s cornerstone ceremony. |
After months of anticipation, on August 29, 2007, the doors of Chestnut Elementary School opened to a new crop of students, eager to begin the school year in their beautiful BAC-built surroundings. The community of Painesville, Ohio, where the new school is located, is grateful to the Local 16 Ohio members who, along with members of Local 5 Ohio, worked arduously to construct the facility between the months of June and November 2006.
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Local 16 members Duane Yerse, left, and Paul Elmore. |
Chestnut Elementary is a 78,500 square-foot facility with the capacity to house approximately 600 students. The $13 million project required 20- to 30-member crews employed by Newman Masonry, under the direction of Superintendent Jim Belding. Local 16 member Ron Goertler was the job steward. Members installed more than 120,000 block, 50,000 brick and 25,000 split-face CMU on the project.
The 23-classroom, energy-efficient building includes five kindergarten rooms, three multi-purpose extended learning areas in each academic wing, four special education rooms, a state of the art media center/reading room and an adjoining technology lab, a cafeteria, gymnasium, performance stage, and art and music facilities.
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Locals 16 and 5 Ohio members worked together on the school’s construction. |
On November 10, 2006, Painesville City School students helped set bricks at the cornerstone ceremony. Chestnut Elementary is the first of five new state-of-the-art buildings in the works for Painesville City Schools. The five-year, $91 million construction project will eventually replace seven aging buildings within the district. Three other schools will open in August of next year, with the final school scheduled to open in January 2010.
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