New Lee County Conservation building on track

MONTROSE With other Lee County issues on the front burner, many people have forgotten about the Lee County Conservation Building, but according to John Hansen, everything is going on as scheduled.

Hansen, president of Midwest Construction Consultants, the construction management firm for the project, said the building is in the drawing stages but is progressing.

Right now the Conservation Board has approved initial schematic drawings and they are now working on the design document drawing, Hansen said. They should be completed with these by Oct. 15.

Hansen said construction documents should be finished by the end of October for a November bid.

Hansen said his firm secures the bids for the County Conservation Board and will issue the contracts to construction companies.

Then we will manage the project throughout the building process, Hansen said.

According to Hansen, it is important to finish the building as quickly as possible since the Conservation Board is renting the facility they are currently inhabiting.

If we can get foundations in this year, we can get the precast up, Hansen said. This puts us done by July of 2015.

Like every other project, Hansen said the completion date depends on wether the weather cooperates with the construction companies.

Lee County Conservation Director Tom Buckley said plans for the new facility are underway.

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New Lee County Conservation building on track