Cinnaminson Schools Accept $22.89 Million Bid for Renovation Projects

The Cinnaminson Board of Education has accepted a $22.89 million bid from Hessert Construction Group to move ahead with a multimillion dollar project in the Cinnaminson School District that was approved by voters on Sept. 30, the Burlington County Times reports.

The bid was accepted last week after the district previously rejected all bids for the second phase of the project because they all exceeded what the district was willing to pay, according to the report.

They went back out to bid.

Hessert is based in Marlton, and has performed work in the education field at Rutgers University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Delaware, the University of Houston, Stockton University, Deptford Public Schools, Barnegat Elementary Schools and LEAP Academy, according to its website.

The first phase of the project is already under way, and is expected to be finished by September.

The project deals with upgrades, improvements and expansions at the high school, the middle school, the Eleanor Rush Intermediate School and the New Albany Elementary School.

It includes new security vestibules at the elementary school and the intermediate school, replacement of the existing fire alarms at the middle school and various renovations at the high school.

There will also be a new gymnasium at the high school, which would seat 1,000 people, as well as six new tennis courts at the high school.