FREEPORT

Regional School Unit 5 approved a plan Wednesday night to release drawings for a $14 million renovation project for the high school to five companies to begin the bidding process today.

A Freeport High School Construction Team was also appointed consisting of Superintendent Edward Mc- Donough, Director of Facilities and Transportation Dennis Ouellette, Chairman of the Freeport High School Building Advisory Committee John Simoneau and Director of Finance and Human Services Kelly Wentworth.

The companies invited to bid will be Arthur C. Dudley Contractor/Builder Inc., JCN Constrution Co., Inc., Langford and Low, Inc., Ledgewood Construction and The Sheridan Corporation.

The building committee received 10 interested companies for the project. They were judged on the criteria of school experience, experience of similar $12 million range, phased renovations and working around students in partially occupied buildings.

Other factors in shortening the list was the company’s financial capacity to do the job, safety records through OSHA, as well as insurance ratings based upon workmen’s compensation.

Lyndon Keck of PDT Architects said they like to see in the vicinity of five to eight competing companies, but it’s important the contractors who bid are qualified.

“For some contractors this job is too big and for other contractors this job is too small, so the net brought in the people it brought in,” Keck said. “All you really need is two people who really want the job to have good competition.”

Bidding on the renovations begins today and bids are due back on Sept. 29.

In other business, David Watts was approved as the new director of Adult, Recreation and Community Education, Julie Nickerson was approved as the principal for the Morse Street School and Mike Lafortune was approved as the interim curriculum director.

The bidders

THE COMPANIES invited to bid will be Arthur C. Dudley Contractor/Builder Inc., JCN Constrution Co., Inc., Langford and Low, Inc., Ledgewood Construction and The Sheridan Corporation.