Referendum 2024 Progress Updates

Progress Update:  July 25, 2025

PROVIDED BY FINDORFF

This week we decided to hold an employee recognition lunch. Brats, burgers, and hot dogs were prepared and given to all the workers on site along with the school staff that was in the building. A special thank you goes out to Travis for helping us man the grill.

What’s Happening?

The Gym Addition at Rib Lake Schools has really started to take its shape over the past few weeks. The crew made quick work of setting the remaining precast since the last update and are now working on the finishing touches. The structural joists and metal decking will be arriving next week, which will be another milestone in getting the building weather tight!

In the Middle School, the masons have completed the locker room and restroom CMU walls and have opened the way for the painters and the ceiling installers to start to bringing finishes to the space. In the corridors, the existing floor tile was removed and now the important step of preparing the new surfaces for flooring begins.

The High School Wood Shop continues to make great progress! The space has freshly painted walls with lighting and ductwork for the dust collection system following right behind.

The precast panels have been set and braced. Next step is to finish caulking the seams and to installed the roof joists.

The masonry walls and frames have been installed in the high school library.

 
Past Work

• Middle School Locker Room CMU Walls
• Precast Panels
• Middle School Science Room Flooring
• Concrete Ramp for Addition and High School

Upcoming Work

• Epoxy Flooring in Middle School Locker Rooms
• Addition Bar Joists
• Middle School Locker Room Painting
• Dust Collector Ductwork

The new flooring and upper cabinets in the middle school science room have been installed.

The floor tile in the middle school hallways have been removed in preparation for flooring leveling.

Did you Know?

Precast concrete panels have been used for the walls of the new gymnasium. There are many benefits to constructing with precast panels, some of which include easier and faster installation and added durability. When the panels are constructed, the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing trades can go to the manufacturing shop and installed their conduit or pipe directly in the wall as it is being created, allowing for quicker installation of those systems without damaging the surface of the panel.