{"id":11009,"date":"2025-02-10T14:13:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/?p=11009"},"modified":"2025-02-10T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:13:27","slug":"odr-announces-the-start-of-phase-i-of-the-cahs-demolition-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/odr-announces-the-start-of-phase-i-of-the-cahs-demolition-project\/","title":{"rendered":"ODR Announces the Start of Phase I of the CAHS Demolition Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 10, 2025<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11007 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC00573-scaled-e1739211050498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ODR Announces the Start of Phase I of the CAHS Demolition Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS <\/strong>&#8211; The Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR), in collaboration with the Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE), is excited to announce the commencement of Phase I of the Charlotte Amalie High School (CAHS) demolition project on St. Thomas. Contractor Grade-All Heavy Equipment, Inc. mobilized last week installing a trailer and security fencing as well as clearing an access road to minimize the disruption of demolition activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project is being led by ODR\u2019s SuperPMO office under the Rebuild USVI initiative. The contractor started working on limited demolition activities, clearing the areas between buildings to connect the access roads so that the demolition of buildings can begin,\u201d said ODR Director Adrienne L. Williams-Octalien. \u201cDust control and safety measures are in place, and the archaeologist is onsite to comply with federal requirements. All the pieces are in place to begin the first major school reconstruction project on St. Thomas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grade-All will start with Building C along the north end of the property, move down to Building B and then A. The area of disturbance has already been fenced off and safely separated from the existing school and community. Access to and from the site will be provided off Polyberg Drive through the west end of the property.<\/p>\n<p>The contractor has assured ODR and VIDE that they will continuously spray water on active areas, cover down materials as they are hauled off-site, and clean any project-related debris or spills on paved roads. The Super PMO and VIDE, as well as its representatives, will monitor all construction operations to ensure the site remains safe and that the project remains on schedule with as minimal disruption as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is progress, and we are excited to share the start of the project\u2019s first phase,\u201d said VIDE Commissioner Dionne Wells-Hedrington. \u201cWe are working closely with the SuperPMO and Bureau of School Construction and Maintenance to bring the territory\u2019s vision for new schools to reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The design-build contract was awarded to Consigli\/Benton Joint Venture, who will continue to finalize the designs and prepare the necessary scopes for the second phase of demolition and subsequent reconstruction of the new CAHS.<\/p>\n<p>The Virgin Islands Office of Disaster Recovery remains committed to supporting the residents of the Virgin Islands through recovery and reconstruction efforts, ensuring a resilient and sustainable future for the territory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Office of Disaster Recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00ab\u00a0Building a Legacy of Resilience\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC00560-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DJI_0088-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 10, 2025 ODR Announces the Start of Phase I of the CAHS Demolition Project ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS &#8211; The Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR), in collaboration with the Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE), is excited to announce the commencement of Phase I of the Charlotte Amalie High School (CAHS) demolition project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"project_id":"","notification":"","due_date":"","status":"","show_rebuild":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,156,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases","category-viodr-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}