Crews are 7% complete with just under 700,000 cubic yards remaining.
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Tech Park Update
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010Wheels are Rolling at the Tech Park
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Grading at Gastonia Technology Park
EDC Expands Business Parks To Aid Recruitment
Product development and capital Improvements in Gaston County continued with the acquisition of 34.5 acres adjacent to Gastonia Technology Park and the planned re-alignment of the park’s interior roadway. The addition of this property, managed by the Gaston County EDC, results in more than 70 acres of developable property in the park, located off US 321 North. Also in 2009 the EDC initiated the design of the final phase of South Ridge Parkway in Bessemer City, including 54 acres acquired in 2008. Planned construction will include 2,400 linear feet of roadway, plus water-sewer extensions.-Source, Gaston County EDC
John E. Jenkins, Inc. Completes Buffalo Wild Wings Project
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009CHARLOTTE – Gaston County-based grading and paving company John E. Jenkins, Inc. has successfully completed its fifth project in the Cox Road Retail Center in Gastonia. Buffalo Wild Wings joins Olive Garden, Ruby Tuesday, Chuck E. Cheese, and a future hotel site at the location near I-85. John E. Jenkins, Inc., has been the sole contractor to work the Cox Road Retail Center since the project began.
Joe Pearson of Pearson Properties, which is developing the Cox Road Retail Center, said,” We value the long-term relationship we enjoy with John E. Jenkins, Inc. They are always timely and responsive and provide a quality product. We are very pleased with the excellent grading and paving services they have provided for the Buffalo Wild Wings project.”
Services on the site included engineering layout, grading, erosion control, storm drainage, curb and gutter, sidewalks, asphalt paving, striping, and water and sewer. Work began on July 9 and was completed on time and within budget on October 28.
Chief estimator and project manager Steve Jackson said, “We were very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Buffalo Wild Wings on this project. Our turn-key site work project was exactly what Buffalo Wild Wings needed in order to finish the project on time and under budget. I must compliment the performance of the grading crew and their ability to keep the job on schedule. We feel that the overall site will be very attractive and an excellent addition to the Cox Road Retail Center.”
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