CLEVELAND, Tenn. – An unexpected change in supervision of the Cleveland High School Raider Arena construction project has Cleveland City school officials seeking assurances from general contractor Tri-Con Construction.
In a meeting Wednesday, the city school board discussed the abrupt Nov. 2 resignation of project superintendent David Howard four months short of the gymnasium’s scheduled opening.
Howard had supervised the project since its launch a year ago, said project manager Cason Conn.
“We never like that to happen,” Conn said. “As a matter of fact, in 12 or 13 years of doing this, it never happened.”
James Newby, Tri-Con’s most senior superintendent with more than 20 years of experience, will take over the project’s supervision, Conn said. Newby has been on-site for two months performing quality control responsibilities, he said.