A $2,187,000 contract for school facilities construction at Santa Rosa, on the Papago Reservation in Southern Arizona, has been awarded to the F. H. Antrim Construction Co., of Phoenix, Ariz., the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs announced today.
The contract calls for the construction of a 12-classroom school with multipurpose building, instructional materials center and administrative offices; a 360-pupil kitchen-dining hall; a 160-pupil dormitory; a plant management building with a fire truck garage; a mechanical equipment building and employee quarters. Related work includes water and sewerage utilities and extensions, a 150,000 gallon elevated water storage tank, sewer lagoon, site grading, drives, walks, curbing, gutters and paving.
The construction site will be approximately 4.5 miles from the present school location, which does not have enough land for expansion purposes. The existing dormitory will be converted to employees' quarters and the kitchen-dining building will be remodeled to provide a recreation facility.
This work, when complete, will provide modern school facilities for 160 boarding and 200 day pupils. Seven higher bids, ranging from $2,279,881 to $2,387,000 were received.
