The Federal Way Board of Directors voted Oct. 28 to award the contract for construction of Federal Way High School to Spee West, a general contractor based in Edmonds.

The company most recently successfully completed a complex high school rebuild for the Shoreline School District, Shorecrest High School, as well as a number of other school projects. The board voted 4-0 in favor of accepting the bid; board member Hiroshi Eto was not in attendance.

Bids were opened and read aloud at the district Support Services Center on Oct. 21. In accordance with state law, the district awarded the contract to the lowest qualified bidder.

Six contractors presented a complete bid, with Spee West submitting the lowest bid. With selected alternates, the total amount awarded is $65,519,000.

“We are very pleased with these bid results, as they are lower than the cost estimates prepared by the independent cost estimators, and will allow an adequate contingency as we move through construction over the next three years,” Superintendent Sally McLean said.

Federal Way High School will be partially demolished in January. Construction on new sewer and power lines and a retention pond for the new school began in August.

Major construction is expected to begin at the end of 2015, with the entire project ending in 2018.

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