Prep Supply News Today

The city issued a permit April 4 for Insight General Contractors Inc. to convert the former Overby’s Inc. property at 2619 Philips Highway for lease to Standard Sand & Silica Co., which operates Surface Prep Supply in Jacksonville. Insight will renovate the 18,556-square-foot building at a cost of $255,000. Davenport-based Standard Sand & Silica, which makes industrial sand, intends to relocate there from its operation at 600 E. Eighth St. near Springfield. Surface Prep Supply sells abrasive...

Standard Sand & Silica Co., which operates Surface Prep Supply in Jacksonville, wants to convert the former Overby’s Inc. property along Philips Highway. Davenport-based Standard Sand & Silica, which makes industrial sand, applied for a permit to convert the building at 2619 Philips Highway to replace its operation near Springfield. Surface Prep Supply sells abrasives, coating and athletic field products and rents and sells sandblasting equipment and supplies. The new location previously hous...