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Jun. 4—GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — A major milestone in local government, law enforcement and the infrastructure of Gallia County was met on Friday when ground was officially broken on the new Gallia County Jail facility. As previously reported by the Tribune, the project is estimated to cost roughly $20 million, with funding secured via the issuance of tax-exempt bonds. Granger Construction is the ...

County commissioners approve lease, grants Staff Report GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Commissioners recently approved the minutes from the May 6 meeting where they discussed an agreement for the county jail project. Commissioners approved a lease agreement with Granger Construction for the jail project. The agreement states the lease is $1,200 per month from May 1, 2021 through Aug. 15, 2022. During the meeting, commissioners approved travel requests for Sherry Daines and Tim Miller...

January 25, 2021 JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 25, 2021 – The Jackson YMCA announced that the Hurst Foundation is contributing $60,000 to the Y’s campaign for a contemporary new facility in downtown Jackson. Led by President Anthony P Hurst, the foundation has granted more than $15 million over the past 50 years in support of local, state and national communities. “We are proud to support the Y as they work to build a new downtown facility,” said Hurst. “For decades our foundation has cont...

Jackson YMCA eyes summer 2021 groundbreaking for new facility Updated Jan 19, 2021; Posted Jan 19, 2021 An artistic rendering of what the Jackson YMCA could look like. The Y is rounding out its capital campaign to build a "healthy living campus" downtown and expects to break ground in late summer 2021. (Courtesy of Jackson YMCA) Facebook Share JACKSON, MI -- Jackson YMCA officials are gearing up for design and construction to begin on a new facility in downtown Jackson. Lansing-based Granger ...

Jan 08, 2021 Heading into the new year, 88 percent of contractors report in a recent survey to having projects canceled or postponed in 2020 and 2021, and only one-third plan to add workers this year. The results of the Associated General Contractors of America’s 2021 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook are a stark contrast to its pre-pandemic outlook, in which 80 percent of contractors planned to add employees heading into 2020. Project cancellations and delays were not even an issue t...

JACKSON, Mich., JAN. 14, 2021 – Believing that form follows function and having moved through the development of a program-focused facility design, the Jackson YMCA has selected two organizations to round out its capital campaign design and construction team. The YMCA Board of Directors, acting on recommendations of its campaign Building and Design Committee, selected Granger Construction Co. as the project’s construction manager and Bergmann as the YMCA’s architect/engineer. The committe...

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Sage Construction and Real forecast the COVID-19 pandemic to shrink construction demand, decrease new hires and increase cancelled or delayed production in 2021. AGC and Sage conducted the 2021 Construction Outlook National Survey, which accumulated 1,329 responses, and discussed the results in a Facebook Live event with a panel of contractors on Thursday. The survey concluded that most companies anticipate declining demand for work ...