Northeast Elementary School Construction To Start This Summer

PERRY HALL, MD — A new northeastern elementary school will be built starting early this summer, according to Baltimore County Public Schools officials. The project will be complete by 2022, officials said.

The Baltimore County Board of Education approved $48.3 million in construction contracts for the new Northeast Elementary School at Ridge Road, according to board member Julie Henn.

"There were a series of 15 contracts for construction of a new school in the northeast part of the county, which is northeast elementary school at Ridge Road," Pradeep Dixit, executive director of facilities management for the school system, said at Tuesday night's board meeting.

"The project is going to start sometime early this summer, and targeted to be completed for opening in August 2022," Dixit said.

Here are the contracts that were approved:

• $9,272,666 for site work
• $9,182,800 for mechanical
• $6,242,500 for drywall
• $6,226,000 for electrical
• $3,850,000 for steel
• $3,324,750 for roofing
• $2,993,507 for general trade
• $1,830,400 for glazing
• $1,545,500 for masonry
• $1,485,000 for concrete
• $1,239,315 for flooring
• $330,341 for waste management
• $327,800 for painting
• $237,490 for kitchen equipment
• $213,676 for inspections and testing

The total is $48,301,745.

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