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UPDATE: Patching cracks for North Wall Project completed. See photos
May 16, 2011

UPDATE: Heikes Masonry finishes steam cleaning for North Wall Project.
May 3, 2011

UPDATE: Bids for Basement de-watering and repair project are still more than the grant budget has set aside for this phase of the project. CFTF Construction Oversight Team will discuss the project scope to find ways to stay in line with the budget.
May 6, 2011

UPDATE: Repair for North wall to begin. Heikes Masonry began power washing the north wall of the theatre. The next step in this project will be chasing and patching the larger cracks followed by a coating of elastomeric paint.
April 30, 2011

UPDATE: Asbestos Removal begins. ACM Removal of Wichita will begin removing the asbestos in various parts of the theatre. They expect the work to last no more than two weeks.
April 26, 2011

UPDATE: Bids for Basement dewatering project close - Project scope has been changed and more time has been allowed for contractors to incorporate those changes in their bids.
April 25, 2011

UPDATE: Mold Removal finished. Gerken Environmental worked for 3 days removing mold in the west basement. Project was finished this afternoon.
April 14, 2011

UPDATE: Bids for Basement dewatering project close
April 14, 2011

UPDATE: Work on Mold Removal starts.
April 11, 2011

UPDATE: SAT Project sign attached to front of building. One of the requirements for receipt of the Save America's Treasures grant is to display a sign acknowledging the source of the funding.
April 9, 2011

UPDATE: Kansas State Department of Health approves asbestos removal method. Prior to beginning asbestos removal, contractors must submit the scope of the project and their proposed method of removal and disposal to the State's Dept of Health.
April 7, 2011

UPDATE: Received U.S. National Parks Service and Kansas State Historic Society approval to sign contracts with ACM Removal and Gerken Environmental for Asbestos and Mold Removal.
April 7, 2011

UPDATE: ACM Removal, Wichita won bid for Asbestos removal. Gerken Environmental, Springfiel, MO, won bid for mold removal.
March 30, 2011

Bids for Asbestos/Mold Removal Close
March 29, 2011

UPDATE: A mandatory pre-bid conference for Asbestos Project will be held on March 22, 2011. Contractors interested in bidding on the Asbestos Abatement and Mold Removal Project were required to attend a conference to review the scope of the project. Architect for the project is Wm. Morries Associates of Augusta. Professional consultants on the project are Precision Environmental Services of Wichita.
March 22, 2011

UPDATE: The Advertisement for Bids for the Colonial Fox Theatre Phase IV waterproofing of the Basements project sent to the Morning Sun newspaper for publication on Saturday March 12, 2011 and Tuesday, March 15, 2011.
March 11, 2011

UPDATE: Received the go-ahead to invite bids on the basement project.  The invitation to bid will go out March 11, 2011, with a published bid closing date of April 14, 2011. This timing will intentionally allow for the contractors to attend the March 29, 2011 training workshop and still have two weeks to work up their bids using this reinforcement system as an alternative to using steel reinforcement.
March 10, 2011

UPDATE: We received approval from the National Parks Service grant reviewer to go out for bids on the Asbestos Abatement project and to sign the contract for the North Wall project.   The invitation to bid on the former will be published starting either today or tomorrow.   The bids will close on March 29.
March 1, 2011

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