Gary Niemi

Gary Niemi is the Director of Buildings and Grounds for the School District of Superior, Wisconsin. He currently oversees eight schools, the Administrative Offices and the Maintenance Service Center. The facilities contain over 960,000 square feet of space and cover nearly 250 acres.

Cooper Ground Breaking November 30th, 2016 | Explore Superior

Cooper Ground Breaking Nov. 30

Soil Remediation is First Step By Gary Niemi As we’re on the cusp of starting site work at Cooper Elementary School, we felt that further information on the site...

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Cooper Elementary – Work Begins Soon

Cooper Elementary to be Rebuilt By Gary Niemi The project team is working at a feverish pitch to begin site work this month at Cooper Elementary School. Soil testing for...

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School District Water Is Safe From Lead

School District Tests Water at Schools By Gary Niemi In August, with the assistance of Superior Water, Light & Power Company, we took and tested first-draw water...

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What’s Wrong With the High School?

Step by Step Review of Facility Problems By Gary Niemi This is a detailed review of the many issues we face in maintaining the facilities at Superior High School, as...

Cooper Elementary School

Cooper: Making the Case to Replace

Why Does Cooper Need to be Replaced? By Gary Niemi Cooper Elementary School was opened in 1970.  It is now 45 years old and has numerous deficiencies that need to be...

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Getting Down & Dirty at S.H.S.

Sewer Tour at Superior High School By Gary Niemi This post consists of images taken during a camera scan of the sewers beneath Superior High School. This quick tour was...

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Does Cooper Elementary Need to Be Replaced?

Cooper School Opened in 1970 and Is Showing Its Age By Gary Niemi Whether or not the School District of Superior achieves its goal of passing a new referendum in April,...

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Roof Maintenance at Schools Explained

GLE & Bryant Roof Maintenance Well Documented By Gary Niemi Time continues to move us closer to the School District Referendum in April. I think many of our...