Building Inspector Alan Viox said he expects the Nebraska City High School building to pass final inspection today and be ready for classes to start on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
Viox and Deputy State Fire Marshal Jason McClum toured the building Wednesday morning.
The fire detection system was up and running with only minor adjustments needed. Emergency lights and a few exit signs were yet to be installed.
“At this point in time, I’m not seeing why the school can’t be held there,” Viox said Wednesday.
The final decision will come on a walk-through scheduled for Friday morning.
Viox said he expects to issue a temporary occupancy permit for students to use the school while construction continues.
“The school is not totally complete, but there are no life safety issues. They will have proper exits, proper smoke detectors and proper emergency lighting,” he said.
Viox said some of the floor tiles may not be installed, but the ceiling tiles are in place and a fire suppression sprinkler system is operational.
Completed are renovations to the downstairs rooms that changed the former metals and ag rooms into three classrooms.
The former wood shop area is now a weight room and the former wrestling/weight room is now a wrestling room only.
The new kitchen and food lab on the northwest end of the building are not completed. Food will temporarily be cooked at Northside and taken to the high school.
The old choir room on the north end of the building will be a new consumer science room.
The $11 million construction project includes a new gymnasium above 12 industrial arts and vocational education classrooms and labs.
When complete the school will have upgraded music facilities and a new entryway.
