Naperville North High School Improvements

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Progress updates:
August, 2009
July, 2009
June, 2009
May, 2009
April, 2009
March, 2009
February, 2009
January, 2009
December, 2008
November, 2008
October, 2008
September, 2008

Improvements in bus access, drop-off and parking
ready for the 2009-2010 school year

We recommend the following procedures in order to maximize the efficiency of drop-off and pick-up in all the lots. Click here for a site plan of Naperville North High School showing parking, bus access and drop-off configuration.
 
If you are driving to the school from the south on Mill Street: Please use the South (Blue) Lot for dropping-off and picking-up. The roadway in this parking lot circulates in a one-way, counter-clockwise fashion. Your exit from this lot can be to return to Mill, or you can continue along the roadway that passes by the stadium and exit onto Ogden Avenue going east.
 
If you are driving to the school from the north on Mill Street (including those who are coming from the East and make a left-hand turn south on Mill): You may enter either the North (Orange) Lot or the South (Blue) Lot. If you enter the North Lot to drop off, you may proceed straight through and exit on Ogden going east, or you may loop around and exit going south on Mill.
 
If you are driving to the school from the west on Ogden: Please use the Ogden Avenue entrance. We strongly prefer that you turn to the right and proceed along the roadway that passes by the stadium and links to the South Lot. You may drop-off or pick-up next to the Auditorium in the South Lot. You would then exit onto Mill Street. As an alternative you may turn left when you exit from Ogden and proceed into the North Lot. If you do this, please be very careful turning left across the exiting traffic. Your exit from the North Lot would be going south on Mill.

Progress Updates

August, 2009

• Pool gutter installation and ceiling tile are complete; the pool deck is scheduled to be poured near the middle of the month. Construction is proceeding on schedule, with completion scheduled near the end of September.
• Striping will be added to the bus dropoff area to clarify bus lanes.
• Paving work was completed on the northeast and east lots and north drive in time for registration.
• The south lot was paved prior to the first day of school.
• Landscaping and paver installation is proceeding at the north drive, east lot, west lot and near the new stadium entry.

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July, 2009

• Pool - slab and vertical walls are poured; backfilling will be done the last week of the month. Filter Room equipment installation is in progress. Plumbing behind the foundation walls is complete. The pool deck will be poured in early August pending coordination with student registration. 
• Parking - west lot paving is complete; landscaping has started. The pad for the northeast lot is complete and the stone base should be complete by the end of the month; curb is complete. The northeast drive will be available for NNHS registration. East lot curb is complete. Paving  for the northeast and east lots will begin the end of the month. South lot demolition is underway; curbs and grinding will begin the end of the month.
• Stadium ticket booth roof is nearing completion; brick paver installation will begin near the end of the month.

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 June, 2009

• Pool - all old concrete is removed, excavation is proceeding. Demolition in the filter room is complete. Concrete work is in progress, starting with the slab. Filter equipment has been installed, catwalk is complete.
• Parking - west and northeast lots will be worked on prior to July 10 to allow parking in other areas. The south lot will be completed after the west and northeast lots. The west parking lot demolition is complete, curbs, underground electrical, excavation, rough grading and utilities are complete.

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May, 2009

• Final grading and compaction of the stone base was completed.
• Synthetic turf installation began. In order to complete the field for graduation, the excavation crew worked twelve-hour days with two shifts, six days per week. Despite little cooperation from the weather, the project was finished in time for graduation.
• Groundbreaking for the NNHS projects was Monday, May 11, and was attended by some 150 people, including community, students, parents, staff, Board of Education members and the press.
• The start date for pool renovations was moved forward one week due to thoughtful planning by NNHS athletic staff.
• Graduation was celebrated on the new field on May 20, 2009.
• Demolition began on the pool.
• Lamp started site construction including grading, fencing and tree removal.

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April, 2009

• The excavator restarted earthwork for the synthetic turf installation. Seven working days are required for complete grading of the base after the ground has dried out.
• Since there were not many stretches of dry days, additional measures were taken to dry out the field to accommodate graduation. These included covering the field with plastic overlaid with a fiber mat and applying a "fly ash" treatment to draw out moisture in preparation for the application of stone.
• The stone base - 2,500 tons of stone hauled by 112 trucks! -  was laid down in late April following the application of the fly ash.

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March, 2009

• A phasing plan for this summer's site work was finalized by the Steering Committee.
• Price quotes for pool equipment, scoreboard and site signage are being collected.
• Work on the pool will kick off with a "pool splash" on Monday, May 11.
• Pool equipment purchases were clarified in a meeting with NNHS staff.
• The excavator plans to restart work on the base for the synthetic turf. Turf material is scheduled for delivery by mid-April. Gravel has been delivered to the site.
• Meetings were held to discuss signage.

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February, 2009

• Groundbreaking was scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 4 PM.
• The design team met with the City of Naperville to discuss storm water.
• The Steering Committee made a final review of the drawings issued for construction and clarified the scope of work for the Booster-funded enhanced entry plaza.

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January, 2009

• Jay Womack, landscape architect for Wight, gave a presentation regarding landscaping to the Steering Committee.
• Wight, District 203 and NNHS staff met to discuss pool equipment requirements.
• Wight submitted civil drawings to the City of Naperville for review.
• Lamp was designated Construction Manager for the NNHS pool and site work project.

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December, 2008

• District 203 requested proposals from IHC and Lamp to perform construction management services for the NNHS pool and site work project.
• Landscaping plans around the parking site work renovations were discussed by the Steering Committee; in particular, the student plaza space near the bus parking and the plaza near the proposed stadium entrance.
• The Steering Committee decided that a construction manager was best suited to manage the pool and site projects while District staff would handle owner's representative activities on all projects.
• Wight proposed that pool construction take place during the summer of 2009, beginning before the end of school and probably running into early September.
• The design team finalized how the ticket gate would be incorporated into the site work design package.
• Bus parking was discussed at the Steering Committee meeting.

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November, 2008

• Wight met with NNHS pool staff to review minor change requests on the pool drawings.
• Wight meet with Boosters and NNHS staff to review plans for a proposed northeast entrance plaza that will be funded by the Boosters, who will apply existing funds to the proposed plaza construction which includes a new gate, ticket booths and brick paving. The Boosters will raise money by offering named pavers in the plaza area. This work will be bid as an alternate outside of the base bid so the work can be tracked and paid for separately. The Boosters request that Wight check whether this plaza can be completed before graduation in May, 2009.
• The design team met with the District 203 Transportation Department to discuss bus parking.
• Work continued on the synthetic turf project. The excavation contractor will finish soil removal this fall and start placing the main portion of the stone base in early spring. This will allow the soil to dry out after the spring thaw before covering it with stone. The excavation contractor, who specializes in synthetic turf installations, has had much better experience with drying out the soil using this method.
• A series of meetings were held to review the pool layout and confirm the athletic field lines on the turf.
• The Steering Committee discussed whether Summer School can take place at NNHS while parking and site construction is going on.
• A meeting was held with the City of Naperville to discuss a left-turn lane from Mill Street into the NNHS driveway.

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October, 2008

• The Turf Review Committee selected Field Turf as the preferred vendor for synthetic turf.
• Wight delivered the Design Development book for distribution to the Board of Education and renderings of plans to the Boosters for a new proposed gate on the northeast corner of the field. The Boosters will use these plans to raise funds for the gate, which includes a ticket booth and paved plaza. Any extra costs will be bid as alternates to the NNHS site work project, and the Boosters will pay for any charges that are over the base construction. This includes the extra cost of designing the alternate bids.
• The District worked on a time for Wight to perform a mock-up of the bus parking at NNHS, for testing by the District’s Transportation Department.

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September, 2008

• Wight worked on the requirements for the synthetic turf project. They also made adjustments to the NNHS pool schematic based on the August 15 meeting.

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Prior to September 2008

Please see the Building the Future page for information.