Project Updates

November 2019

Please join us on November 12, 2019 to dedicate the brand new East Gresham campus!

September 2019

 

East Gresham opened to students this month!

• This building replaces the old East Gresham campus, which was first built in 1950.
• The new building has 73,500 square feet and 30 new classrooms, each with a 70-inch interactive flat panel touch screen for a modern education.
• The new East Gresham includes a modern secure vestibule entrance to increase school safety, as well as internally locking doors in every classroom.
• The gymnasium includes a full-sized basketball court
• The new cafeteria and library are designed to maximize natural light. The new music room is built on the stage, with a movable wall that allows performances with audiences seated in the gymnasium.
• New EGES campus will be able to hold 550 students.

The Dedication Ceremony to celebrate the new building will be held on the evening of November 12. Stay tuned for more details!

July 2019

Bremik Construction shared with us these aerial photographs of the construction progress at East Gresham.

June 2019

The students have left, but construction on East Gresham continues! We continue to progress on schedule to open the brand new campus to students this upcoming fall.

The exterior facade is almost complete with only some painting, windows, and metal panels in the courtyard left to install. Site work in the front of the building is starting this month, including the new bus loop and sidewalks. With students gone, construction crews will begin asbestos and lead abatement in the old building. Drywall has been hung on every wall inside, and the concrete floors have been polished. Interior finishes will continue throughout the school including paint, flooring, casework, ceiling tiles, lighting, and Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing finishes. All new equipment going into the gymnasium and kitchen will also be installed this month.

(Photos courtesy of Bremik Construction)

February 2019

Concrete slabs for the first and second floors of the school were poured in January, and metal stud framing started to be installed on both levels as well. The exterior is currently being waterproofed, and HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and fire sprinklers will be installed in the next few weeks. Brick will be installed on the exterior-facade this month.

November 2018

The tilt wall panels have been poured into the frames construction workers built throughout the East Gresham site. A total of 107 concrete wall panels will be used to build the new school, requiring 130 concrete trucks to deliver the materials.

October 2018

The concrete foundation has been poured for the new East Gresham Elementary campus. Crews finished excavating over the summer, and began pouring the concrete this fall. The storm lines are nearing completion as well – these lines help the existing school deal with winter rain damage.

This November, construction crews will use cranes to lift the tilt wall panels – construction crews first pour concrete into wall frames while laying on the ground, and then erect the walls that will create the exterior of the school.

Bremik Construction took these aerial photographs of the progress on the campus.

August 2018

Crews spent the summer excavating the site for the future new East Gresham Elementary. Members of the Gresham-Barlow Bond Oversight Committee took a tour of the school construction sites this August.

April 2018

The East Gresham Elementary School community celebrated at a Groundbreaking ceremony. Construction begins this summer, and the new campus will be open to students at the beginning of the Fall 2019 school year.

June 2017

The design team convened a neighborhood meeting to review the proposed project scope, timeline and impacts

May 2017

The design team presented the first schematic and elevation designs to the GBSD board..