The replies represent our best thinking and the current status of issues, but final answers answers are subject to the Board's action. Because many people indiscriminately interchange the terms modular and portables, there is a lot of confusion about these two types of facilities. The Board received a formal presentation from a modular contractor at its December 7th meeting and learned that the life span of a modular building is equal to normal construction materials and practices but the construction time is cut way back. Your own architect can work with the district to issue bid specs that both a general contractor and a modular contractor could bid. Back to top.
Districts retain excess funds if the project comes in under budget.
Back to top. The only exception to this SFB Guideline would be those schools that have fewer than 2 classrooms. Schools with less than 2 classrooms are required to be protected with Fire Marshal approved smoke detector devices in all of the individual rooms within the building that houses the classroom. All schools with 2 or more classrooms are required to have an approved alarm system. The characteristics of the 'minimum adequate' system, as defined by the SFB, are greater than those required by the State Fire Marshal.