Steel is going up on new Sullivan County Jail
MONTICELLO – Sullivan County officials hope their decades-long
dilemma over replacing a crumbling old jail will end, in 16 months.
Project Manager Nate Engle, of LeChase Construction, told county legislators
on Thursday that the way everything is coming together with all of the
contractors, late summer 2018 is doable.
“Targeting substantial completion very late in the summer; September
5th is the current date, which is ahead of their contractual schedule,”
Engle said. “They’re targeted to be done ahead of schedule
and after reviewing their schedule.”
Over 28,000 man-hours have been worked at the site since groundbreaking
six months ago. Most of the footprint is now visible and some steel framework
recently started going up for the road patrol portion of the project.
Engle said part of the success so far are the project labor agreements
put in place prior to construction start.
