The award of a $3,386,999 contract for the construction of high school facilities at Sisseton, S.D., was announced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.
The contract calls for the construction of a two-story academic complex. this will include an administrative unit, general science laboratory, two biology laboratories, two home economics classrooms, a health room, and an instructional material center; a gymnasium with seating capacity for 3,000; and a kitchen-dining building with, shops and classrooms. Other work is to include site grading, heating, air-conditioning, utilities, extension of water and sewer facilities from the City of Sisseton; fencing, paving drives and parking areas and other related work.
When complete, the school will provide educational facilities for 660 students. The new plant will permit release of rented spaces in churches, stores, and assembly halls which are being used for classrooms and a library. The low successful bidder was Henry Carlson Co., of Sioux Falls, S.D. Two higher bids, for $3,468,400 and $3,547,200 were received.
