DEXTER HEALTH CAMPUS NEARING COMPLETION
Brown Construction Co ., Inc . of Dexter , MO , is near the completion of the new Saint Francis Dexter Health Campus , expected to open in July 2016 . The Health Campus is located just off One Mile Road on Saint Francis Drive . The new facility will provide services including cancer and heart specialists , imaging capabilities , lab services , primary and urgent care services , outpatient rehabilitation , and a full service fitness facility - Fitness Plus . “ Delta Companies Inc . is pleased to have been a part of this project and to have supplied ready mix concrete and aggregate throughout construction of the new Health Campus .” stated Dan Grier , Regional Manager .
ARKANSAS CONSTRUCTION
As spring quickly turns to summer , the Delta Arkansas Construction crews are seeing paving work pick up .
In earlier spring , Arkansas Construction started out with a couple of overlay projects and an $ 8 Million rehabilitation project in Bono , AR . However , with the monthly letting schedule , Delta has picked up another handful of jobs totaling 27,000 tons of mix and $ 2.7 million worth of revenue .
Delta still has a $ 3.6 million subcontract with McGeorge Contracting on a bypass project in Searcy , AR . The job calls for 44,000 tons of asphalt that will be spread out over 2 ½ years . Although “ word on the street ” from AHTD is that the majority of the overlay program had wrapped up for the year . According to John Bennett , Area Manager , “ We believe there are still a couple of large projects on the letting forecast for the remainder of the year .”
Currently the rehabilitation of Highway 285 in Bono is still in the dirt working stage . The crew , led by Jim and David Chastain , is finishing up the clearing and grubbing stage , which consists of 26,000 feet . The plan is to finish the job before the end of the year . The job consists of 150,000 cubic yards of unclassified excavation , 93,000 cubic yards of compacted embankment , 73,000 tons of Class 7 , 31,000 tons of asphalt and must be completed within 185 working days . About 160 miles east of Bono , Delta paving crews ,
led by Shane Moody and Wade Murray , are working on a 6,000 ton overlay on Highway 90 in Boydsville , AR .
2016 External Sales are positive . The Clinton Quarry is will be providing the Bono job with 100,000 tons of material .
Delta employees continue to actively participate in the Colas Goal Zero process . The safety culture tables are rapidly turning and the results are showing . Bennett stated , “ We would like to thank everyone for their honest commitment to building a safe working environment and continuing the process from the ground up . This is the new Delta .”
Clearing and Grubbing Stages on Hwy . 285 on the Bono Project .
New Silo at the Clinton Plant .
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