Improvements and construction will be starting soon at the
Pellston Regional Airport, which was awarded more than $6 million in contracts last week.
The construction contracts were awarded to regional and state companies to build a new facility to house snow removal equipment, aircraft rescue and fire fighting equipment.
Of 19 contracts granted, four were in Emmet County and totaled nearly $2.5 million.
Petoskey-based Ballard's and Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating received the largest contract at $1.053 million for mechanical work while Butcher & Baeker Construction, of Harbor Springs, won two bids that combined for $924,395 for roofing and general trades. Super M Excavating, in Pellston, earned a $502,370 contract for site work, site excavating and landscaping. Grand Traverse Construction was awarded the highest total dollar amount for two bids for masonry, along with site and building concrete for $1,092,945.
The facility project is expected to cost about $8 million overall and will be paid for mostly with a $5 million Federal Aviation Association grant and supplemented with additional entitlement money from state and federal sources. Emmet County's portion of the project will be $189,000.
The project is expected to start in October and will take about a year to14 months to complete.
Here are some of the contracts awarded:
Ballard's and Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating: $1,053,000 for mechanical; Feyen-Zylstra: $614,002 for electrical; Grand Traverse Construction: $596,045 for site building and concrete; Super M Excavating: $502,370 for site work, site fencing and landscaping; Grand Traverse Construction: $496,900 for masonry; Valley Steel: $491,400 for structural and miscellaneous steel; Butcher and Baecker Construction: $474,250 for roofing and $450,145 for general trade; Kerkstra Precast: $426,900 for precast concrete; and Traverse City Glass: $256,823 for aluminum storefronts, glass and glazing.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Kelley Atkins, Pellston Regional Airport
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