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Work is under way to construct a new building to house both Seaside High School and Seaside Middle School, and the construction manager-general contractor has opened bidding for Bid Package No. 4.

Hoffman Construction, the CM-GC, will host a pre-bid meeting on Tuesday at 1 p.m. to discuss the scope of work to be done. The meeting will take place at the Hoffman jobsite office, at Seaside Heights Elementary School, 2000 Spruce Drive in Seaside.

Work in Bid Package No. 4 will include: structural concrete, steel, gypsum board systems, millwork, paints and coatings, roof accessories, expansion joint cover assemblies, doors, frames and hardware, overhead doors, interior glazing, tiling, wood athletic flooring, resilient flooring and carpeting, visual display boards, plastic toilet compartments, toilet, bath and laundry accessories, fire protection specialties, metal lockers, flagpoles, bird control devices, food service equipment, laboratory equipment and fume hoods, athletic equipment, window shades, telescoping bleachers, site furnishings, fire suppression, plumbing and mechanical, electrical, telecom, AV and security, synthetic field sport surfacing, synthetic running track surfacing, fences and gates, landscaping, irrigation and aggregate surfacing, site concrete, signage, tackable wall surfaces, cubicle curtains and track and field equipment.

Hoffman is encouraging all potential bidders to attend the pre-bid meeting to assess site conditions. Bids are due by 2 p.m. on Oct. 4.

on the $112.6 million project in July, according to The Daily Astorian. The three-story, 140,000-square-foot building was designed by BRIC Architecture and will sit on an 89-acre campus that also includes Seaside Heights Elementary School. Crucially, the new school will be located at an elevation above the tsunami inundation zone, unlike the existing buildings it will replace.

Seaside Heights Elementary is also being expanded and renovated as part of the scope of the work, which is being funded by money from a general obligation bond approved by Seaside School District voters in 2016.

earlier this year to add a third story and reduce the building’s square footage and overall footprint. The new school is expected to open in time for the 2020-21 school year.

More information on the bid package is available via the or on .