LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County College District is upgrading HVAC models at greater than three dozen colleges, a long-overdue challenge.
CCSD is on tempo to finish the replacements by July 22, in line with a district spokesman.
The district’s constructing and services group mentioned at a Could 15 Board of Trustees assembly, a few of the models are overtaxed and liable to failure, which has impacted educational time.
“Some of the ones we’re replacing, I believe, are 30 plus years,” Brandon McLaughlin, CCSD assistant superintendent of building and growth, mentioned.
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The district is spending nearly $5.2 million to alter that.
“These are full system replacements. These are stand-alone units. These will be coming right off the pallet. Right off the box, ready to go,” Tom Nizetich, CCSD assistant superintendent for services, mentioned.
These are the 37 colleges getting new models, a big quantity are within the east valley.
Bilbray ESMay ESCraig ESMcWillams ESD. Cox ESMiller ESDuncan ESMoapa Valley HSFine ESNewton ESFong ESParson ESFrench ESPittman ESGragson ESRonnow ESHerr ESRowe ESHill ESStewart Ok-12Hinman ESTaylor, G. ESHollingsworth ESTobler ESHughes MSTreem ESHyde Park MSTriggs ESIverson ESVirgin Valley HSKnudson MSWalker ESLong ESWilliams, Wendell ESLowman ESWolff ESLynch ES
The district selected these colleges based mostly on the age of the HVAC, move failures, and impression on college students.
CCSD Superintendent Jhone Ebert advised 8 Information Now final week that a part of her first 100 days as chief was upgrading services.
“We are looking to have all of our facilities, the air is working. Highly functioning. Our goal is 100% every single day. We’re investing over $5 million in the air,” Ebert mentioned.
In line with CCSD, the district would have spent greater than $255 million to do a whole HVAC system alternative for the 37 colleges. However the district focused its method utilizing funds from its reserves.
“We’ve been very strategic working with our subcontractors to identify, they’re not picking any boutique pieces of equipment that are having to come on a ship. Is it domestically available? Is it something that’s in a warehouse in Las Vegas?” McLaughlin mentioned on Could 15.
The primary day of college for CCSD college students is Monday, Aug. 11.
