Stadium bids to be opened July 26

Bids for the Gaffney High football stadium project will be opened July 26 at 3 p.m. at the Cherokee County School District office.

The district will open sealed bids at that time from pre-qualified contractors to build a 8,000-aluminum seat stadium. The stadium was designed by the Spartanburg architectural firm McMillan Smith, which designed the Dorman High and Wofford College football stadiums.

Several other buildings will be constructed as part of the Gaffney High stadium project, including a press box, concessions, restrooms and home and visitor halftime houses. The bids will not include the playing surface.

Construction is expected to begin in August of 2007 and be finished in July of 2008.

A pre-bid conference will be held July 10 at 3 p.m. in the resource room at the district office.

Cherokee County has pre-qualified contractors and set minimum criteria they must meet in order to bid on projects in the district's $35 million school building program.

Ten contractors have been prequalified to bid on the Gaffney High stadium project. They are Beam Construction Co., Clayton Construction Co., Contract Construction, Edcon Construction, Farley Associates, Melloul Blamey, Randolph Builders, Sossamon Construction Co., Sherman Construction and Yeargin Potter Shackleford.