Although they may look like giant snow angels or cookie cutters, the figures above are actually concrete casting beds that are being used to make 12-foot-tall statues in the shape of school children. The eight figures – four boys and four girls – will be erected later this month in front of the Socorro Independent School District K-8 Combo School Number 5 in El Paso, Texas.
The concrete tilt panel sculptures will require careful handling with a crane to lift and set them in place at the new school’s entrance. Each is six inches thick and takes several days to pour, finish and cure. Approximately 40 cubic yards of concrete are being used.
The Socorro Independent School District K-8 Combo School Number 5 – a $35 million K-12 school construction project being built by Sundt – will accommodate 2,200 students on a 36-acre campus when it is complete this summer.