Site demolition and excavation is underway behind Highland Elementary for the new Crookston Public Schools bus garage. Dan Herrig is the lead contractor with Sand Steel Building Company out of Emerado, ND. He said the excavation and foundation work will continue until mid-July when the buildings start going up. “Next week, we’ll be continuing with the excavation and that for foundations,” said Herrig. “The middle of next week, we’ll start on the foundations and footings with one building and move to the next building. That will proceed for the next couple of weeks and then do some earthwork to backfill for the buildings. Then we’ll proceed with the other trades for their rough-in work, underfloor and that. The middle of July is when most people will notice significant strides beginning and things sticking up in the air.”
Herrig said there were some initial delays with state permits due to low manpower at the state offices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, they aren’t expecting any production delays with materials now that the project has commenced. “We had some delays with the state permitting and that due to state manpower,” said Herrig. “Other than that, we’ve kind of built the schedule around where the lead times are at. All the sub-contractors the material supplies feel comfortable with where we’re projecting things to be.”
Sand Steel Building Company is also using a variety of local sub-contractors to complete the bus garage project explained Herrig. “We try to use as many local contractors as we can,” said Herrig. “H&N Quality Plumbing is the lead mechanical contractor. They’ll be handling the plumbing, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning work under their responsibility. The electrical contractor is from Thief River Falls. Gary DeBoer will be doing the wood carpentry, so he’ll primarily be framing the secondary building. And then, he’ll also be doing the interior buildout on the main building for us, so he’ll be heavily involved in the project. Crookston Building Center will be providing the wood framing materials and lumber for the project.”
Herrig said he believes they’ve set a reasonable timeline for construction and are projecting completion in December. “We’re projecting project completion in December 2020,” said Herrig. “We still see that as reasonable with where we’re at currently.”
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