Work Advances At Hunter Education Firing Range – Greeneville Sun

Thursday was a day of moving forward in the Greene County Hunter Education Firing Range project, with bids for security cameras and HVAC systems being awarded and physical progress being made at the range due to the days excellent weather.

At the same time workers at the range site were moving and stacking timber and brush cut to open up the trap/skeet area of the range, members of the committee overseeing the grant-funded project were approving bids for range security camera and HVAC systems.

Blountvilles Dynamark Security Inc. was granted the job of installing security-and-safety cameras at the range, which must be finished in September under terms of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency grant funding the work.

Dynamark brought in the low bid of $14,900, beating out three other bidders. Some of the cameras installed will be wireless while others will be hard-wired, depending on the terrain and vegetation.

The purpose of the cameras is primarily to be for monitoring the shooting areas for safety reasons, and to provide a visual record of any firearms accidents, should any ever occur.

If anything happens, we want to be able to see it, Greeneville Police Chief Terry Cannon, a committee member, said.

Installation of the cameras is expected to take about 12 days.

Another bid granted Thursday was for HVAC systems at the range, primarily for the administration/classroom building that is now almost entirely enclosed and which has utilities roughed in.

Air Pro Heating and Cooling of Greeneville brought in the low bid of $32,800. The work is expected to take about 14 days once it begins.

HVAC needs at the range are limited in that many of its structures are open pavilions and shelters.

At the range, work included clearing and piling downed trees and brush that had been removed in what will become the trap/skeet area.

Work in that area of the range has proceeded somewhat slowly due to its low elevation, which has caused frequently muddy conditions in rainy periods. Thursdays clear skies and moderate temperatures helped dry the area enough to allow heavy equipment to lift and stack the cleared wood.

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