school at Prospect.

Works Minister the Hon. Leonard Gibbons said Universal Construction Company has been awarded the contract to build the foundation for the south zone of the new school, with a bid of under $280,000.

And Sea-Land Construction Ltd. had won the contract for the structural steel and metal decking, Mr. Gibbons said. The price of that contract is $865,000.

Mr. Gibbons earlier announced that Island Construction & Landscaping Services was awarded the site preparation contract, worth close to $500,000. The company has been on site for several weeks.

More contracts in the series will be awarded about every two weeks, Mr.

Gibbons said.

In a departure from normal Works & Engineering practice, the school is being built with a project manager. Somers Construction Ltd. was hired to manage the job and award a number of small job packages after competitive bidding.

The school, the centrepiece of Government's education restructuring plan, is to open in September, 1997.