Spanish Springs High school flood damage reaches $540,011

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High school flood damage reaches $540,011

Spanish Springs flooding takes biggest toll on athletic field

Ronnie Lynn

RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL

7/4/2002 11:58 pm

Insurance adjusters have tallied the flood damage at Spanish Springs High

School at $540,011, with the athletic field sustaining the most damage.

Cleaning, fertilizing, irrigating and repairing the grass at the baseball

diamond, softball field and other fields will cost an estimated $185,700.

The district's insurance carrier, FM Global, will cover most of the damage

beyond the $50,000 deductible, which will come out of the school district's

general fund, said Tom Marshall, Washoe County School District's risk

manager.

Inside the school, 40 areas were damaged, including hallways, classrooms,

offices and the large and small gymnasiums.

Crews have been tearing down wet drywall and ripping out carpet to avoid

mold problems.

" This school is brand new, so any of the drywall and carpet that indicated

any type of moisture we were moving, " Marshall said. " We're not taking any

chances. "

An intense storm June 21 dumped enough rain on the area that water and

debris gushed down a hillside and into the school and neighborhoods below.

The school served as a dam, blocking and absorbing much of the water rushing

down the hillside, district spokesman Steve Mulvenon said.

Water flooded into a computer room, but the damage was limited to network

and electrical cables under the floor.

School officials were relieved the damage to the large gym was relatively

small at $10,000, even though water seeped underneath the basketball court

and at one point covered the western section of the gym.

It will cost an estimated $100,000, however, to dry out the gym to prevent

further damage.

The district called in crews from a Bay area branch of Munters, an

international company that specializes in water damage recovery, to set up

an elaborate dehumidification system.

" If you look at the cost to dry it out, it's still pretty expensive, but I

think it's well worth it, " Marshall said.

Insurance adjuster estimates for repairs at Spanish Springs High School:

o 9 hallways -- $17,712

o 26 offices -- $65,180

o 5 classrooms -- $30,704

o electrical systems -- $15,000

o cabinet removal in the home economics classrooms (to allow for drywall

removal) -- $20,000

o furniture moving -- $15,000

o repairs to small gymnasium -- $5,000

o repairs to large gymnasium -- $10,000

o clean athletic fields -- $125,700

o fertilize athletic fields -- $15,000

o irrigate athletic fields -- $20,000

o repair grass -- $25,000

o in-house maintenance -- $15,000

o dehumidification -- $100,000

o construction department costs -- $25,000

o architects -- $10,000

o contingency funds -- $25,715