MONROE - Construction is underway on Green County's new government services building in the Pleasant View complex.
Construction on the $17-million building began in May and is expected to be substantially completed by next July. Construction firm Miron Construction Co. Inc., is completing foundation and exterior work in partnership with architectural firm Potter Lawson, Inc.
TyleTreml, leader of the building project with Miron, said his team has been occupied with rock removal at the building site since the project began.
"There were quite a lot of rocks to remove, but that's what we expected," Treml said. "Right now, we're still on track."
Treml's team is now working on completing the building's concrete foundation, he said. Once the foundation is complete, work will begin on the building's steel frame and masonry exterior.
Treml said construction will continue throughout winter, barring any unforeseen complications. When work is completed in 2018, Treml said the building will be fully habitable.
The new building will consolidate the county's various health and human services departments, currently housed in two different buildings in the Pleasant View complex, into one location.
The project is the end result of more than four years of planning, after the current government services buildings, one of which is over 100 years old, were deemed outdated, with structural problems, poor energy efficiency and limited accessibility.
After a 2013 assessment report, Potter Lawson proposed a three-story 57,000 square-foot building, about 17,000 more square feet than the current buildings and roughly the same size as the Green County Justice Center, which was also designed by Potter Lawson.
Treml said he foresaw no complications that will delay construction, although he noted the project is still in its early stages.
Construction on the $17-million building began in May and is expected to be substantially completed by next July. Construction firm Miron Construction Co. Inc., is completing foundation and exterior work in partnership with architectural firm Potter Lawson, Inc.
TyleTreml, leader of the building project with Miron, said his team has been occupied with rock removal at the building site since the project began.
"There were quite a lot of rocks to remove, but that's what we expected," Treml said. "Right now, we're still on track."
Treml's team is now working on completing the building's concrete foundation, he said. Once the foundation is complete, work will begin on the building's steel frame and masonry exterior.
Treml said construction will continue throughout winter, barring any unforeseen complications. When work is completed in 2018, Treml said the building will be fully habitable.
The new building will consolidate the county's various health and human services departments, currently housed in two different buildings in the Pleasant View complex, into one location.
The project is the end result of more than four years of planning, after the current government services buildings, one of which is over 100 years old, were deemed outdated, with structural problems, poor energy efficiency and limited accessibility.
After a 2013 assessment report, Potter Lawson proposed a three-story 57,000 square-foot building, about 17,000 more square feet than the current buildings and roughly the same size as the Green County Justice Center, which was also designed by Potter Lawson.
Treml said he foresaw no complications that will delay construction, although he noted the project is still in its early stages.