Stress-Con Industries added 40 to 45 people to its Kalamazoo plant to keep pace with demand for architectural and structural precast concrete for the sound barriers along Interstate 94 and for the parking garage at FireKeepers Casino, going up just east of Exit 104 near Battle Creek.
"This project is a four-and-one-half story parking garage five bays wide. The bays are 60-foot each. This is not a small project," said Malek Eljizi, vice president and general manager of Stress-Con. "This is not a small project by any means -- not for us or any other company."
Construction cost of the 236,000-square-foot casino and the five-level parking garage is estimated around $115 million. Total work hours to build it are estimated around 295,000. Site preparation began in May, and the building is scheduled to be enclosed by Thanksgiving. It is scheduled to open in the summer of 2009.
"It is fast-tracked," said Jeff Bays, vice president of Cook Jackson Co. in Battle Creek.
"When we bid it, we were required to bid 10-hour days Monday through Friday and eight hours on Saturday. So that's the game plan."
For the complete story, please see Lynn Stevens, Casino keeps local subs busy, Western Michigan Business Review, August 14, 2008.
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