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Final acceptance of Dover High School project on Council agenda
posted on 10/21/2024
At the City Council’s Oct. 23 meeting, it will consider accepting the final report of the Dover High School and Regional Career Technical Center construction project and officially dissolve its associated Joint Building Committee. The School Board approved a similar resolution at its Oct. 7 meeting.
The City Council created the Joint Building Committee in March 2014 to “steward the district through a feasibility study, design phase and construction phase for the high school and career technical center.” The JBC first met on April 29, 2014, with its last meeting held 10 years, five months, and four days later on Oct. 3, 2024. Mayor Robert Carrier, who was the deputy mayor when the JBC was formed, served as the JBC chair throughout the committee’s tenure.
While the school opened to students in August 2018, work continued on numerous projects related to the overall construction project, including renovations to the driveways and parking lots, and the demolition and removal of the old high school and regional technical center. The project was officially completed on Oct. 2, 2024. At its meeting on Oct. 3, the JBC accepted the final report and voted to transfer the new high school to the School Board. The School Board accepted the final report and the new school at its Oct. 7 meeting.
The total project cost was $87,651,377.28. The project was under budget by $9,941.35, according to the Oct. 3 JBC report. Click here for the DHS JBC meeting archive.
Also on the City Council’s agenda:
- Approving a Dover Arts Commission project for the city-owned traffic signal control box at the Central Avenue and Silver Street intersection. The project is a collaboration between the Arts Commission and the Dover High School’s National Art Honor Society to paint Dover-inspired themes on various city-owned traffic control boxes.
- Authorizing the city to contract with engineering firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., of Bedford for $149,227 to design, prepare bid documents, and provide permitting services to replace the red-listed Sixth Street bridge over Blackwater Brook.
- Authorizing the city to contract with Resilience Planning & Design of Plymouth for $34,950 to help the city update its Land Use Analysis of the Master Plan.
Click here for the complete agenda.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in City Hall’s Council Chambers. It will be televised on Channel 22 and online at https://dovernh.viebit.com, where it will also be available for on-demand viewing
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