Vide Covid 19 Retrofitting Of Education Facilities

Cube Root is providing construction and maintenance management services under task order contracts to retrofit education facilities to ensure the safety and well-being of public school students in the St. Thomas/St. John School and St. Croix School Districts. A safe and healthy environment for in-person learning at schools is a top priority for the Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE). In line with this goal, the VIDE is focused on facility readiness, operational augmentations for health and safety protocols, and building systems for ongoing monitoring.

Cube Root is working with VIDE to verify that 22 VIDE facilities meet industry standards and coding, in addressing all day-to-day maintenance deficiencies and concerns that affect student safety in indoor and outdoor environments at various school sites; and school operations at all public schools and educational facilities located in the St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix School Districts. Cube Root will apply its knowledge and act in compliance with the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standards.

Cube Root’s services include budget and cost estimating support, project status reports, schedule control and updates, change management, bid analysis, pre-construction project kick-off meetings, move-out coordinating, contract administration, submittal procedures, requests for information, shop drawing and other submittals, change order processing, negotiation of change orders, training sessions, and site visits.