New Greenwood Police Station On Schedule

Despite recent snowfall and damage from strong winds in December, the new Greenwood police station appears to be in line with its planned July opening.

Renovation of the citys former post office building at 250 Old Hackett Road broke ground in September. Since then, construction crews have gotten the framework completed, with most of the plumbing, much of the electric work and about 40 percent of the heat and air work finished, said Larry Marley, project superintendent with Turn Key Construction.

A majority of the curbs, sidewalks and drainage pipes also are finished. The interior should be ready for insulation and sheet rock sometime this week, Marley said.

The projects looking real good, and as far as time goes, were looking real good, he said. Im comfortable well be done on the due date.

Crews have poured concrete and done work outside every day that they can, but on days like Wednesday when about 3 inches of snow fell in Fort Smith and its surrounding areas, outside work comes to a halt. The team has been able to adjust for that lost time, however, without getting behind, Marley said.

Another setback came in December when strong winds knocked over all 11 trusses that were on the existing structure. The damage was a sort of blessing in disguise, as crews were able to replace the trusses with new ones, Marley said.

A lot of people thought it might have shut it down, he said.

During Mondays Greenwood City Council meeting, principal architect Michael Lejong with MAHG Architecture said construction has billed up to $863,000 for the work thats been completed so far, with about $1.2 million to go on the building portion of the project.

Currently, they say theyre still on schedule, but I think these last couple weeks have probably put a little bit of strain on everybody, Lejong said at the meeting. They started pouring concrete, but they havent got very much poured in the last few weeks.

Selections on exterior colors were decided Monday, with furniture and fixtures for the building forthcoming, Lejong said.

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New Greenwood Police Station On Schedule