New Park View Facility Brick Issues Resolved, Work Continues

The brick needed for the new Park View School has been located, meaning the project will not be delayed.

The Putnam County School Board unanimously rejected the brick delivered in September due to color and quality concerns. Upland Design Group’s Kim Chamberlin said that brick work will continue with new brick that is on site.

“We were very pleased,” Chamberlin said. “We were concerned, as we had talked about, that we were maybe looking at a three or four-month delay, but they found a good brick. A very good quality brick. We were able to get that out of Pennsylvania, so as soon as we had it blessed from seeing the sample panel, it showed up within the week.”

Director of Schools Corby King said the original bricks were in so many different colors that the staining process would take the developers too long. King said the original brick had chippage and was susceptible to warping. Workers removed several layers of the brick that had already been placed on the backside of the facility.

Chamberlin said that the process of laying the new brick is underway and faces minimal holdups.