TAMPA Repairs are nearly finished on flooded sections of the Frederick B. Karl County Center, where a gasket joining two water pipes blew out on Fathers Day.

County workers were replacing drywall this week in Commissioner Mark Sharpes office on the north side of the building where the flooding occurred overnight June 15. Sharpe is out of the office on vacation but will be able to move back into his second-floor headquarters next week.

Sobiks Subs, a favorite lunchtime spot for county workers and visitors on the first floor, reopened last week.

The flooding occurred when a gasket on the fire suppression sprinkler system burst on the third floor of the 28-story building at 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. The county had to open up the walls in Sharpes office to fix the pipes.

In addition to Sharpes office and the cafe, there was some damage to Commissioner Al Higginbothams outer office, also on the second floor.

The County Center was closed for a day, but employees continued to answer central phone numbers as well as emails.

The fire suppression system underwent a five-year inspection in April by Piper Fire Protection. A number of gaskets were replaced during that inspection, said Joshua Bellotti, interim director of Real Estate and Facilities Services.

That includes removing some of the valves to inspect them and when they do, they replace the gaskets, Bellotti said. A lot of gaskets were replaced.

But one of the gaskets replaced in April failed on Memorial Day causing a leak, though without the extensive flooding that happened several weeks later.

Bellotti said it hasnt been determined whether the leaks were caused by faulty gaskets or bad workmanship during the installation.

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That's where owners of local businesses from masonry contractors to lighting distributors met with the project's general contractor to get details on how their companies might get a slice of the $400 million pie.

That initiative by general contractor Barton Malow and the Speedway to reach out to local businesses has paid off.

Since breaking ground nearly a year ago, the Daytona Rising project has created nearly 2,000 construction jobs and provided work for 80 Volusia County firms, either as subcontractors or vendors, said Lenny Santiago, a spokesman for the Speedway. He said he wasn't aware of any Flagler County companies involved in the project.

The renovation of the track's nearly mile-long frontstretch is expected to accelerate immediately following Saturday's Coke Zero 400 race, with the average number of daily on-site workers expected to increase to at least 800, in rotating shifts, up from 500 earlier this month.

We'll kick back into construction mode in high gear, said Santiago.

Officials with the Speedway and Barton Malow view the next several months until early January, when race car testing for 2015 Speedweeks is scheduled to begin, as a big window for workers to make a lot of progress on the project, Santiago said.

All told, Daytona Rising is forecast to create more than 6,300 jobs, both directly and in-directly over the course of its 2-year construction.

Area companies involved in the project range from concrete pavers to electrical firms and landscapers. They include suppliers such as Kingspan Insulated Panels, which is manufacturing the skin that will cover the Speedway's renovated frontstretch at its plant in DeLand, and subcontractors such as AW Baylor Versapanel Plastering, an Ormond Beach-based assembler and installer of panels and drywall.

The Daytona Rising project which will add new fan entrances, more comfortable seating, more eateries and other amenities is scheduled to be completed by January 2016, but area business leaders say its impact as a driver of the local economy is already being felt.

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Thats where owners of local businesses from masonry contractors to lighting distributors met with the projects general contractor to get details on how their companies might get a slice of the $400 million pie.

That initiative by general contractor Barton Malow and the Speedway to reach out to local businesses has paid off.

Since breaking ground nearly a year ago, the Daytona Rising project has created nearly 2,000 construction jobs and provided work for 80 Volusia County firms, either as subcontractors or vendors, said Lenny Santiago, a spokesman for the Speedway. He said he wasnt aware of any Flagler County companies involved in the project.

The renovation of the tracks nearly mile-long frontstretch is expected to accelerate immediately following Saturdays Coke Zero 400 race, with the average number of daily on-site workers expected to increase to at least 800, in rotating shifts, up from 500 earlier this month.

Well kick back into construction mode in high gear, said Santiago.

Officials with the Speedway and Barton Malow view the next several months until early January, when race car testing for 2015 Speedweeks is scheduled to begin, as a big window for workers to make a lot of progress on the project, Santiago said.

All told, Daytona Rising is forecast to create more than 6,300 jobs, both directly and in-directly over the course of its 2-year construction.

Area companies involved in the project range from concrete pavers to electrical firms and landscapers. They include suppliers such as Kingspan Insulated Panels, which is manufacturing the skin that will cover the Speedways renovated frontstretch at its plant in DeLand, and subcontractors such as AW Baylor Versapanel Plastering, an Ormond Beach-based assembler and installer of panels and drywall.

The Daytona Rising project which will add new fan entrances, more comfortable seating, more eateries and other amenities is scheduled to be completed by January 2016, but area business leaders say its impact as a driver of the local economy is already being felt.

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