KINGSTON — A hub of Wick Constructors’ trucks and orange-vested workers are swarming in, out and around of a steel framed hive amidst the woods and wetlands off of West Kingston Road as Kingston High School takes shape.

After a mud-sloshed, erosion control nightmare of a winter, both Wick workers and construction progress observers are happy to see an abundance of sunshine that has solidified the ground on which they are building. When this time of year comes around, construction moves quickly, workers agree.

“It’s certainly a rewarding feeling for the momentum of the project,” North Kitsap School District executive director of capital projects Robin Shoemaker said of the spring weather. “It’s always good to come out of the winter construction time and know that you’ll get some rains but they won’t be near as extended or voluminous.”

At the end of April, the overall project completion was at 45 percent while the project’s timeline is slightly ahead, at 52 percent, said Don Brubeck of Bassetti Architects — the firm which laid out the master plan for the school. The north (classroom) building is more than halfway complete, while the south (gym/administration/music) building is less than halfway and earth work sits at nearly 50 percent.

Currently, crews are expanding upon the north building’s steel frame with exterior and interior walls in place while the plumbing and electrical work, which will serve as the school’s lifeblood, are proceeding well, Shoemaker said.

“The infills for the building envelope are nearly complete on the north building, so we’re starting to see the building more enclosed,” she said.

Interior sheet-rocking has also begun, creating the walls that will outline the school’s classrooms and halls. And the north building’s roof is “all but finished,” Shoemaker added.

“The rough plumbing and electrical work and all the underground and main lines of electrical, plumbing and heating are installed in the north building,” Brubeck echoed. “The south building is scheduled to follow behind the north building.”

Work on the south building is once again ready to proceed as soil conditions firm up, allowing heavier equipment deeper into the site, increasing access to the building.

The remaining foundation work for the overall building and wall masonry of the gymnasium building are now in place while interior plumbing and electrical work still lay ahead.

“We’re building just what was expected — what everybody’s planned and hoped for,” Brubeck said, noting that there haven’t been any major deviations to disrupt the school’s original master plan.

The south building (SQUARE FEET) will contain a full-size competition basketball/volleyball court that can be separated into two smaller full courts. The remainder of the south building will house supporting locker rooms and a fitness center as well as administrative offices and music — choral/drama and band — classrooms including a complement of music storage and practice rooms, Shoemaker noted.

The north building (SQUARE FOOTAGE) will include classroom space for 800 students. The instructional rooms will be grouped into a four square cluster formats, each of which include four classrooms and two science/project labs structured around a central student work area.

Outside, the KHS campus will include grass baseball and fastpitch fields — with two soccer fields planned to overlay each outfield — in addition to a track and football field on the north east corner of the NKSD property, both which will both be synthetically turfed, Shoemaker said.

“It is exciting to see it … it’s going to be a very nice facility,” Shoemaker said of the progress. “It’s got some nice design detail features to it and I think it will be a very inviting.”