Worker Shortage Delaying TVHS Pool Renovation

July 11, 2024 at 9:23 p.m.
Tile work is currently ongoing at Tippecanoe Valley High School’s pool as part of the school’s construction project. Photo by Leah Sander, InkFreeNews
Tile work is currently ongoing at Tippecanoe Valley High School’s pool as part of the school’s construction project. Photo by Leah Sander, InkFreeNews

By Leah Sander, InkFreeNews

AKRON — A worker shortage is slightly delaying the completion of Tippecanoe Valley High School’s pool renovation.
The Skillman Corp. Project Manager Scott Rogers shared that information with the Tippecanoe Valley School Board at its monthly work session on Thursday. The Skillman Corp. is the construction management company for TVHS’s ongoing construction project, of which the pool renovation is part.
Rogers said the pool contractor said a labor shortage means tile work is slowed, pushing the renovation back two weeks.
“We’re working with them trying to increase the manpower the best we can. We’re also trying to see if we can do overtime,” said Rogers.
The pool renovation now is estimated to be finished in September.
Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Superintendent Blaine Conley noted the swimming season doesn’t start until later in fall, but it affects elementary school students using the pool.
As for other parts of the construction, Rogers said in the auditorium “we’re almost done with everything overhead.”
Flooring and electrical work are part of what remains in the auditorium, with that estimated to be finished “right at the end of August,” he said.
Rogers said inspections for the agriculture section should be done at the end of July.
The last part of the project, the multipurpose area renovation, should be done in October.

AKRON — A worker shortage is slightly delaying the completion of Tippecanoe Valley High School’s pool renovation.
The Skillman Corp. Project Manager Scott Rogers shared that information with the Tippecanoe Valley School Board at its monthly work session on Thursday. The Skillman Corp. is the construction management company for TVHS’s ongoing construction project, of which the pool renovation is part.
Rogers said the pool contractor said a labor shortage means tile work is slowed, pushing the renovation back two weeks.
“We’re working with them trying to increase the manpower the best we can. We’re also trying to see if we can do overtime,” said Rogers.
The pool renovation now is estimated to be finished in September.
Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Superintendent Blaine Conley noted the swimming season doesn’t start until later in fall, but it affects elementary school students using the pool.
As for other parts of the construction, Rogers said in the auditorium “we’re almost done with everything overhead.”
Flooring and electrical work are part of what remains in the auditorium, with that estimated to be finished “right at the end of August,” he said.
Rogers said inspections for the agriculture section should be done at the end of July.
The last part of the project, the multipurpose area renovation, should be done in October.

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